by David Wagner | Jul 1, 2024 | Market Updates
There Have Been More Ladders than Chutes this Year The children’s game, Chutes and Ladders, originated in ancient India by Buddhists to teach children that the path to righteousness was difficult and riddled with temptation. In its original form, called...
by David Wagner | Jul 1, 2024 | Blog, Market Updates
June ‘24 Market Recap – Let the Good Times Roll: The S&P 500 had its 32nd all-time high this year during the month – ending June slightly off the potential for a 33rd. That is 32 all-time highs out of 125 trading days or 1 ATH every 4 trading days. This year has...
by David Wagner | Jun 25, 2024 | Blog, Market Updates
Well, there’s no sugarcoating this one; the first U.S. Presidential Election Debate for the current race will occur later this week. This event will likely jumpstart an onslaught of client questions regarding the election and its effect on the market. Over the...
by David Wagner | Jun 4, 2024 | Blog, Market Updates
May ‘24 Market Recap – In Like a Lion, Out Like a Lamb: After April came in with showers, May came out like a lamb, driven by a better-than-anticipated earnings season, leading the market higher by nearly 5.0%. In fact, the market hit two new all-time highs during the...
by David Wagner | May 16, 2024 | Blog, Market Updates
I hope everyone survived the great bear market of April 2024. The market clearly created a wall of worry around earnings, and it appears that it largely cleared this hurdle. The April showers gave back much of the Q1 gains as 10-year Treasury yields...