by BillSpalding | Apr 9, 2024 | Market Commentary
The Markets What do dieters have in common with the Federal Reserve? If you’ve ever committed to a diet, you may be familiar with the weight-loss plateau. Many people experience steady progress. The bathroom scale moves lower week by week – until it doesn’t – and that...
by BillSpalding | Mar 10, 2024 | Market Commentary
The Markets Enthusiasm for everything related to artificial intelligence (AI) drove a global stock market rally last month. Equity markets in the United States, Europe, and Japan hit highs after a leading chipmaker reported better-than-expected earnings and an...
by BillSpalding | Feb 13, 2024 | Market Commentary
The Markets It’s gone better than expected. The United States economy is not performing the way many predicted. Instead of tipping into a recession last year, the economy beat expectations. The value of all goods and services produced in the country, expanded 2.5 %,...
by BillSpalding | Jan 19, 2024 | Market Commentary
The Markets In 2023, we witnessed the phenomenon firsthand in the story of “The Magnificent Seven”. For movie buffs (and people of a certain age), the name brings to mind the star-studded 1960s film with a reputation as one of the greatest Westerns of all time (you...
by BillSpalding | Dec 14, 2023 | Market Commentary
The Markets In November, investors were more optimistic as news on inflation calmed down and the war in the Middle East was not escalating on a global level. Both of these items calmed markets and money that was pulled out of the last three months was coming back into...
by Ken Hall | Nov 3, 2023 | Market Commentary
The Markets Markets were resilient. Investors have had a lot to process – geopolitics, inflation, and consumer sentiment. But investors were reassured when earnings season kicked off with reports showing major banks posted stronger-than-expected profits during the...
