September 2022 Market Commentary

September 2022 Market Commentary

A historically weak week in the S&P500 was again historically weak.  It wasn’t much of a surprise to see the major stock markets in both the US and globally have a tough time in September.  Last month we suggested the positive movement in July was likely...
August 2022 Market Commentary

August 2022 Market Commentary

While July turned out to be a decent month for most stock and bond indexes, August hasn’t been able to continue that momentum.  As of Wednesday’s close, both the S&P 500 and the NASDAQ 100 are very close to being flat for the month.  And the Aggregate...
July 2022 Market Commentary

July 2022 Market Commentary

July may end up being the best month of 2022 so far, if it can hold up the gains it made this week, post-Federal Reserve Rate hike.  However, the major US indexes still have a ways to go just to get back to where they started at the beginning of this year. ...
June 2022 Market Commentary

June 2022 Market Commentary

As we are near the finish of the first half of 2022, most major stock markets have continued the ugliness that began right at the first of the year.  As of Wednesday, June 22nd, the year-to-date numbers on the S&P 500 are near -20% and the NASDAQ 100 is down...
May 2022 Market Commentary

May 2022 Market Commentary

After an exceptionally ugly April 2022, with the S&P 500 (SPY) down -8.78% and the Nasdaq (QQQ) down -13.60%, market ugliness continued into May – just not as dramatically.  So far in May (through the 25th) the SPY is down -3.55% and QQQ is down -7.02%. ...
April 2022 Market Commentary

April 2022 Market Commentary

Market Volatility continues.  While the second half of March started to look like the stock market environment was improving, April came in and immediately changed that back to negative.  And for most of the month, the major stock (and surprisingly the bond)...