800.544.8306 Client Login Contact Us
800.544.8306  |  Client Login  |  Contact Us

Insights

Search & Filter

Article Podcast Award Video Magazine
Reset

Subscribe

January 23, 2022
Weak Consumer Sentiment A Headwind For Fed Rate Hikes?
This week investor attention will likely have a heightened focus on statements from the Federal Reserve as it holds its two day meeting on Tuesday and…
607
4
Read More
January 22, 2022
Dividends Matter In Down Markets
As the new year gets underway the equity market so far in January has not been kind to investors. Both stock and bond investments are mostly down with the…
639
4
Read More
January 20, 2022
Winter 2021 Investor Letter
The U.S. large cap equity market, as measured by the S&P 500 Index, showed its resilience in the fourth quarter by returning 11.0%. This marked the seventh…
577
4
Read More
January 17, 2022
Yield Curve In Focus And Sentiment
The Federal Reserve has put the market on notice that interest rate increases are likely to come sooner than originally anticipated as well as an unwinding of…
638
4
Read More
January 16, 2022
Inflation And The Equity Market
The recent release of Federal Reserve minutes gave investors a reason to reevaluate the pace of future Fed tightening. The minutes lead investors to believe…
644
4
Read More
January 1, 2022
Dogs Of The Dow Performance Does Not Keep Pace In 2021
One investment strategy that gets attention at the beginning of each year is the Dogs of the Dow. The Dogs of the Dow strategy is one where investors select…
1.2k
4
Read More
December 28, 2021
Record Stock Buybacks And Record Dividends In Q3 2021
S&P Dow Jones Indices recently reported preliminary buyback and dividend data for for the S&P 500 Index through the third quarter and records were achieved for…
876
4
Read More
December 2, 2021
Investor Fear At An Extreme and Stocks Rise
Just as investors become fearful of stocks, the equity market experiences a turnaround. Before today's (12/2/2021) trading the S&P 500 Index was down a little…
732
5
Read More
November 17, 2021
Inflation Contributes To Higher October Retail Sales
Wednesday's October retail sales report showed a strong retail sales increase, month over month (MoM) of 1.7% and a year over year (YoY) increase of 16.3%…
852
5
Read More
November 13, 2021
Inflation Dents Consumer Sentiment
This past week saw inflation reported at a very hot level, up .9% month over month and 6.2% year over year. If this monthly rate is annualized, the Consumer…
702
5
Read More
November 7, 2021
A Mixed Labor Market Report
Last Friday's Nonfarm Payrolls was reported at 531,000, better than expectations of 450,000 and the prior report for nonfarm payrolls was revised higher to 312…
743
6
Read More
October 28, 2021
A Weak GDP Report For Q3 2021
Thursday's GDP report provided some support to our post earlier this week noting economic growth stalled in the third quarter. There are a number of inputs…
665
6
Read More