by Ryan Redfern | Feb 28, 2025 | Market Commentary
The market volatility continues! After a positive January that recovered December losses, we’re now seeing another market pull-back that has the S&P 500 Index back below even for the month of February. But so far, this is all just in-line with what typical...
by Ryan Redfern | Jan 31, 2025 | Market Commentary
The new year is off to a volatile start. It’s not exactly bad, but it’s not that great either. If you look at January by itself, the market looks strong. But if you look at it next to December or even back to November, the S&P 500 hasn’t made much progress...
by Ryan Redfern | Dec 27, 2024 | Market Commentary
2024 has been a surprisingly mixed year. While the main US indexes (the S&P 500 and NASDAQ-100) showed solid performance, most diversification beyond these two indexes did little to help portfolios. The US Small Cap, International, and Emerging Markets Indexes all...
by Ryan Redfern | Nov 29, 2024 | Market Commentary
Here we are, in the final stretch of 2024. And with both the US election and the Federal Reserve’s interest rate decisions (mostly) behind us, we should now be able to finish the year on a positive note. Historically, we are now in the best 3 months for the stock...
by Ryan Redfern | Oct 25, 2024 | Market Commentary
Usually, this time of year is much more volatile than what we’ve seen so far. And quite often September and October are the months that have the biggest market drawdowns or biggest sell-offs in any given year. But this year? Nope, this fall has been surprisingly...
by Ryan Redfern | Sep 27, 2024 | Market Commentary
Volatility (often measured by the VIX index) has been relatively higher since mid-July, as expected for this part of the year. However, the stock market indexes haven’t been down as much as Seasonality would normally suggest this far into September. That’s not to say...
