
Jobs, Inflation and the Stock Market
The three major stock market indexes made nice gains in April. The S&P 500 and the Nasdaq each gained about 5% and the Dow gained 2.7%.
The three major stock market indexes made nice gains in April. The S&P 500 and the Nasdaq each gained about 5% and the Dow gained 2.7%.
The big story in February was interest rates, not the short term rates that the Federal Reserve controls, but longer term rates set by the bond market.
The week of November 7th was the best week in the stock market since 2014. In the two weeks prior to November 7th the market declined for nine consecutive days.
Volatility continued in the market in July as headlines at home and around the world provided investors with plenty of uncertainty.
Conventional thinking says that bonds are a buffer and offer diversification from the stock market, and many people don’t realize that bonds can lose value, too.