Investment Commentary – May 10, 2022 Year to Date Market Indices as of May 10, 2022 • Dow 32,129 (-11.59%) • S&P 4,000 (-16.03%) • NASDAQ 11,744 (-12.24%) • Gold $1,839 (0.46%) • OIL $61.65 (27.26%) • Barclay Bond Aggregate (-10.81%) • Fed Funds Rate 1.00 • Current Annual Inflation Rate 8.5% FEDERAL RESERVE [...]
Investment Commentary – April 26, 2022 Year to Date Market Indices as of April 26, 2022 • Dow 33,358 (-7.96%) • S&P 4,194 (-11.67%) • NASDAQ 12,563 (-19.35%) • Gold $1,709 (-10.12%) • OIL $61.65 (27.26%) • Barclay Bond Aggregate (-9.86%) • Fed Funds Rate 0.50 Could bonds rally with inflation high and the Fed [...]
Investment Commentary – April 12, 2022 Year to Date Market Indices as of April 12, 2022 • Dow 34,220 (-5.32%) • S&P 4,397 (-7.06%) • NASDAQ 13,371 (-13.22%) • Barclay Bond Aggregate (-6.46%) • Fed Funds Rate .50 (up .25) • Annual Inflation Rate 8.5% Simeon Hyman ProShares analyst What trades are risk on, and [...]
Investment Commentary – March 23, 2022 Year to Date Market Indices as of March 23, 2022 • Dow 34,709 (-4.47%) • S&P 4,305 (-5.73%) • NASDAQ 14,533 (-11.00%) • Barclay Bond Aggregate (-6.46%) • Fed Funds Rate .50 (up .25) • Annual Inflation Rate 7.9% The Impact of Geopolitics, Importance of Quality Equities, and the [...]
Investment Commentary –March 16th, 2022 Year to Date Market Indices as of March 16th, 2022 • Dow 33,427 (-6.68%) • S&P 4,253 (-9.6%) • NASDAQ 13,449 (-16.42%) • Barclay Bond Aggregate (-5.71%) • Fed Funds Rate 0-0.25 (0-0.25) Next decision March 15th • Annual Inflation Rate 8.9% (As of March 22) Warren Buffett’s Preferred Equity [...]
Investment Commentary – March 2, 2022 Year to Date Market Indices as of March 2, 2022 • Dow 33,384 (-7.95%) • S&P 4,305 (-9.38%) • NASDAQ 13,369 (-14.12%) • Barclay Bond Aggregate (-2.89%) • Fed Funds Rate 0-0.25 (0-0.25) Next decision March 15th • Annual Inflation Rate 7.5% (As of Jan 22) Fed Chair Powell [...]
Investment Commentary – February 22nd, 2022 Year to Date Market Indices as of February 22nd, 2022 • Dow 33,639 (-7.55%) • S&P 4,305 (-9.73%) • NASDAQ 13,369 (-14.58%) • Barclay Bond Aggregate (-3.90%) • Fed Funds Rate 0-0.25 (0-0.25) Next decision March 15th, • Annual Inflation Rate 7.5% (As of Jan 22) Is Russia going [...]
Investment Commentary – February 2, 2022 Year to Date Market Indices as of February 2, 2022 • Dow 35,274 (-2.55%) • S&P 4,535 (-4.02%) • NASDAQ 14,994 (-6.94%) • Barclay Bond Aggregate (-2.21%) • Fed Funds Rate 0-0.25 (0-0.25) • Annual Inflation Rate 6.8% (As of 11/21/21) Why rising rates won’t derail stocks Blackrock analyst [...]
Investment Commentary – January 25, 2022 Year to Date Market Indices as of January 25, 2022 • Dow 34,446 (-4.94%) • S&P 4,394 (-7.72%) • NASDAQ 13,708 (-12.2%) • Barclay Bond Aggregate (-1.82%) • Fed Funds Rate 0-0.25 (0-0.25) • Annual Inflation Rate 6.8% (As of 11/21/21) The Fed is likely to signal a March [...]
Investment Commentary – January 11, 2022 Rolling One Year Market Indices as of January 11, 2022 • Dow 36,261 (16.87%) • S&P 4,710 (23.94%) • NASDAQ 15,151 (16.94%) • Barclay Bond Aggregate (-3.81%) • Fed Funds Rate 0-0.25 (0-0.25) • Annual Inflation Rate 6.8% (As of 11/21/21) Jamie Dimon sees the best economic growth [...]