March 2022 Market Commentary

March 2022 Market Commentary

After an exceptionally rough start to 2022, the stock markets seem to be taking a short break from the ugliness we have continually seen until the past week.  That’s a lot of negative days and very few positive ones so far this year.  However, at the very...
February 2022 Market Commentary

February 2022 Market Commentary

When looking at possible issues the stock market could face in the first quarter of 2022, we never thought a Russian invasion of Ukraine would be on the list.  As usual, the biggest factors are the ones we can’t yet see or even perceive.  Interestingly,...
January 2022 Market Commentary

January 2022 Market Commentary

Well, that got ugly fast.  The S&P 5001 is now in range to achieve the largest loss in January going back to 1928 (reuters.com).  The previous January with the largest loss was in 2009 when the market started its last leg down of the 2008 recession...
December 2021 Market Commentary

December 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”...
November 2021 Market Commentary

November 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...
October 2021 Market Commentary

October 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...