February 27th, 2026
After starting the year positive in January, popular US stock indices, such as the S&P 500 (blue) and the Nasdaq (red), are looking to finish February lower and are now relatively flat year-to-date. Bonds (pink) have recovered from their slow…
February 13th, 2026
Markets continued to punish companies and sectors perceived to be most negatively exposed to AI disruption. Last week it was software companies, but this week it was financial services companies and office real estate. “Los Angeles-based Altruist on Tuesday announced…
February 9th, 2026
Nervous tech investors rocked the markets this week as the tech-heavy Nasdaq index lost more than $1.5 trillion in market value according to CNN and FactSet data. It was the worst 3 days for the index since the major tariff…
January 23rd, 2026
It was a simple market this week. Monday was a national holiday and US markets were closed. Tuesday saw major stock indices tumble in their worst day since October on concerns over comments made by President Trump regarding Greenland and…
January 16th, 2026
Markets have remained very resilient in the new year while facing a multitude of potential distractions, both domestically and abroad. Stock indices are hovering near their all-time highs, focusing on AI, earnings, and the economy. While we won’t have any…
January 9th, 2026
Happy New Year. 2025 finished as the third positive year in a row for major stock indices. The year for stocks can be summed up like this – a modestly positive start in the winter months followed by steep declines…
December 19th, 2025
Major stock indices declined in the first part of the week as many jittery investors remain concerned over AI-related company valuations. Then, a flood of economic data triggered a rally at the end of the week, sending some indices back…
December 12th, 2025
As expected, the Fed announced a 0.25% interest rate cut this week, bringing the Fed rate down to 3.88%. Markets welcomed the news, with the US stock market setting new all-time highs on Thursday. However, as interest rate cuts have…
December 5th, 2025
Markets are entering the homestretch for 2025 as we roll into December. The story so far this year has been pretty simple. We began with a couple of months of modest gains before the April tariff announcements on Liberation Day…
November 24th, 2025
The much-delayed September jobs report came out this week and showed that the US economy created substantially more jobs than expected during the month. The Dow Jones consensus estimate for September was 50,000 jobs versus the actual report of 119,000….
