by Ryan Redfern | Dec 31, 2021 | Market Commentary
Wow, here we are wrapping up another year. The S&P 5001 was surprisingly one of the stronger markets around the globe this year, even outpacing the NASDAQ (a rare occurrence in the past couple of decades). On the other hand, traditional “diversifiers”...
by Ryan Redfern | Nov 26, 2021 | Market Commentary
Last month we were looking at how the odds favored a positive November in the S&P 500, and so far, it looks like that is what we’re going to get. While the strong upward momentum coming out of the late September market lows has slowed, it is our hope that the...
by Ryan Redfern | Oct 28, 2021 | Market Commentary
So far so good in October, as we near the end of the historically “worst six months.” Our expectation was for a positive month in the stock market and it looks like we will get it. And while September closed near the low for the month, October has quickly...
by Ryan Redfern | Sep 30, 2021 | Market Commentary
Historically, September has the highest odds of a negative stock market return out of all the months of the year. And as if on cue, this year it is no different. The S&P 5001 drifted lower at a fairly slow pace and then accelerated into the last half...
by Ryan Redfern | Aug 27, 2021 | Market Commentary
We’re starting to see an interesting shift in the market, and in the short-term things are looking “sub-optimal” (as a Doctor friend would say). Our Long-Term trend indicator has been weakening and is now giving us a negative reading. It tried to go...
by Ryan Redfern | Jul 30, 2021 | Market Commentary
For most of this year so far, the market has lacked the breadth and broad participation usually behind a strong market trend (in either direction). In January, we had a brief moment where Small Cap stocks were doing great, but that hasn’t gone anywhere since...