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%.
Growth or Value – Where is the leadership in 2021?
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.
Now What?
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.
Technical Weakness in the Market
Volatility continued in the market in July as headlines at home and around the world provided investors with plenty of uncertainty.
Are Bonds a safe place to put money that I don’t want at risk in the stock market?
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.