by Ryan Redfern | Mar 31, 2023 | Market Commentary
March is historically a strong month for the stock market. However, this year, it wasn’t until around the middle of the month that we saw most markets start to make gains. While those gains were focused on the Technology and NASDAQ space, the S&P 500 also showed...
by Ryan Redfern | Feb 24, 2023 | Market Commentary
After a solid start to the year and positive results in the stock and bond markets in January, February hasn’t fared as well. Both the S&P 500 and the NASDAQ 100 peaked on February 2nd and have been making a slow and wandering move downwards ever since. In fact,...
by Ryan Redfern | Jan 27, 2023 | Market Commentary
Happy New Year! Since I was born in the year of the Rabbit, I’m excited about what is possible. And since the Rabbit is a symbol of peace and prosperity, I like what that means for 2023. After a slow start to January, the stock market seems to share my optimism for...
by Ryan Redfern | Dec 30, 2022 | Market Commentary
It’s “Santa Clause Rally” time and Santa is nowhere in sight! Historically, the last 5 trading days of December and the first two trading days of January are when that “rally” is supposed to happen. But this year, it looks like we (the collective “we”) are...
by Ryan Redfern | Nov 25, 2022 | Market Commentary
The stock market environment might really be improving this time, but there are still a few barriers that need to be overcome. Even the bond market is acting better than it has all year. Since bottoming in early October, the major US stock...
by Ryan Redfern | Oct 28, 2022 | Market Commentary
The major US stock indexes appear to be finding some stability, even if it is just in the short term. For context: as of October 26th, the S&P 500 is down -18.65% year to date, after being down -24.50% at its low point on October 12th. The NASDAQ100 is...
