by David Wagner | Jul 16, 2024 | Blog, Market Updates
Before we get into the topic du jour, let’s hit on a few things: Joseph Sykora, CFA, Head of Private Investments at Aptus, sent out an awesome quote this morning: “Equities aren’t offering a great deal of insight either. The stock market isn’t the economy,...
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...
by David Wagner | May 6, 2024 | Blog, Market Updates
April ‘24 Market Recap – Staircase Up, Elevator Down: It was April showers as it was the worst month since September. April has given back much of the Q1 gains as 10-year Treasury yields increased from 4.2% to over 4.6%. S&P 500 has given back ~40%, Midcap ~70%,...