As Goes January, So Goes the Year

After a relatively slow start, the S&P 500 rallied during the back half of January and closed out.

March 12, 2024

New Year Strategies for Managing Your Wealth

You work hard for your wealth, and it’s important to make sure your wealth is also working.

Is the Equal Weight S&P 500 About to Get Even?

The recent technical progress on the Equal Weight S&P 500 (SPW) has been overshadowed.

Is the Equal Weight S&P 500 About to Get Even?

The recent technical progress on the Equal Weight S&P 500 (SPW) has been overshadowed,

March 13, 2024

New Year Strategies for Managing Your Wealth

You work hard for your wealth, and it’s important to make sure your wealth is also working.

Expect Inflation to be Contained Long Term—No Foolin’

Economic Blog Posted by lplresearch Thursday, April 1, 2021 It’s tempting to predict runaway 1970s inflation as an April Fools’ Day joke. But at the risk of upsetting our friends in the compliance department, we’ll shoot straight here. With that important disclaimer out of the way, here we provide 10 reasons why we aren’t worried about […]

April 1, 2021

Can the Spring Melt Up Continue?

Posted by Adam Turnquist, CMT, VP Chief Technical Strategist Friday, March 31, 2023 Key Takeaways: “In the spring, I have counted 136 different kinds of weather inside of 24 hours” — Mark Twain While maybe not all in 24 hours, stocks faced several different kinds of ‘weather’ this month; however, the one thing that did not change […]

March 31, 2023

Is the Equal Weight S&P 500 About to Get Even?

Adam Turnquist | Chief Technical Strategist The recent technical progress on the Equal Weight S&P 500 (SPW) has been overshadowed, as only four stocks, including NVIDIA (NVDA), have accounted for more than half of the S&P 500’s total return this year, with NVIDIA alone contributing about one-quarter. As the name implies, each stock on the SPW […]

February 22, 2024

Is It Déjà Vu All Over Again?

Kristian Kerr | Head of Macro Strategy I like to study the past. While having a good understanding of market history isn’t the be-all and end-all for investment analysis, it can often offer valuable insights by giving a window into the thinking that others before us had when facing similar circumstances and situations. After all, we […]

February 28, 2024

Valuations Aren’t Great Timing Tools

Jeff Buchbinder | Chief Equity Strategist Stocks have had a tremendous run since last fall (at least until yesterday), with four straight positive months, a series of record highs for the S&P 500, and, finally, one for the Nasdaq, and a more than 20% advance for both indexes. When stocks do this well, we inevitably hear […]

March 6, 2024