Recent Commentary
September 2023 Market Commentary
What a difference a month makes. After a strong June and July, the S&P 500 is down about 3% this month so far with the NASDAQ 100 down about 4%. Small caps are down about 6%. So, while we may have seen a broadening of the market, unfortunately it has been to the...
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June saw a huge increase in bullish sentiment that carried through in July. It has been a complete turnaround since the continuously pessimistic readings throughout 2022. The about-face has been so large that an investor has to ask: Are we seeing an increase in...
read moreJuly 2023 Market Commentary
While the consumer price index (CPI) has fallen from 9% to 4% year-over-year, the producer price index (PPI) has been more volatile on both the upside and subsequent fall. (The CPI measures inflation to consumers or end-users. The PPI measures wholesale price...
read moreJune 2023 Market Commentary
We mentioned in our May commentary that the main theme for the next bull market could very well be Artificial Intelligence (AI). Although fundamentals and valuation metrics lead us to believe we are not yet in a new bull market, no one has told investors in AI...
read moreMay 2023 Market Commentary
Corporate earnings season for Q1 is now about halfway completed. So far, modest expectations have been exceeded. Coming in, investors expected a 6.3% drop in profits. Now a 4.2% decline is expected. Here are year-over-year earnings forecasts for the rest of 2023...
read moreApril 2023 Market Commentary
The S&P 500 had a solid month in March; up 3.5%. But not everything rallied in March. Small caps and mid-caps were down 3-5%. Only 3 of 11 equity sectors are up March YTD. And high quality stocks have been lagging all year as shown by the difference in performance...
read moreMarch 2023 Market Commentary
THE WAR AGAINST INFLATION HITS A SPEED BUMP Six weeks ago we wrote in the January mid-month commentary that the Fed was winning the war against inflation. If we look at their progress since last year’s peak inflation that is still true. But January hit a snag. ...
read moreFebruary 2023 Market Commentary
An old adage on Wall Street is “don’t fight the Fed.” Another one is “don’t fight the tape.” The second rule seems to be a winning out in January. Bulls and bears can argue about fundamentals (they always do) but both would agree that market technicals are turning...
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Equity investors do not have a lot to like, but that is always the case closer to market bottoms than tops. That doesn’t mean we have to rally in 2023, but just because positives are limited doesn’t mean we have to keep going lower either. The end of a bear market...
read moreDecember 2022 Market Commentary
The stock market has been strong since early October. The S&P 500 rallied 6.5% in October and is up 2.5% so far in November (through November 28th). Although this is likely a bear market rally, something has changed in investors’ minds. In the short term, investors...
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