Brief, and Surprising, Review of the Market
Despite the market decline, corporate profits are hitting record highs. Investors and consumers are nervous, so we look deeper into numbers.
Despite the market decline, corporate profits are hitting record highs. Investors and consumers are nervous, so we look deeper into numbers.
High inflation and low bond rates are not a sustainable situation. Read how this is playing out in the financial markets…and what to expect next.
It is a very unusual time in the market when corporate profits continue to grow but stock prices decline. We look to the bond market for an explanation.
Stocks have had a painful ride over the last two and half months, but bonds don’t look great over the past year either. What can we expect going forward?
The decline in the stock market this year has spooked some investors. Learn why we think it has declined and what we think will happen from here.
It has been a strange year in the financial markets on many levels. Despite the recent pullback, the S&P 500 is up 23.2 percent for the year. But as we have seen in the last week, it hasn’t been a straight line up.
What is driving the strong stock performance this year and can we expect it to continue? Are we in a bubble or is there more room to grow?
Wall Street analysts are expecting a recovery in earnings in 2021 and current forecasts are for companies, collectively, to exceed 2019 profits.