All That Glitters Is Gold

Posted by lplresearch Market Blog “An object in motion tends to remain in motion along a straight line unless acted upon by an outside force.” Sir Isaac Newton Last September, we noted that gold had many structural reasons to soar. Well, soar it has, eclipsing the previous highs from way back in September 2011. Gold is […]

July 29, 2020

Biggest GDP Contraction Ever

Posted by lplresearch Economic Blog The best thing we can say about today’s US gross domestic product (GDP) report for the second quarter is that it’s behind us. GDP contracted at a 32.9% annualized rate during the quarter, the largest decline on record. If we had quarterly GDP stats during the Great Depression, this quarter’s contraction […]

July 31, 2020

Do the Top 5 Stocks Pose a Risk to the Market?

Posted by lplresearch Market Blog Apple, Microsoft, Amazon, Google, and Facebook. These five stocks have helped spawn a number of acronyms as they try to capture the rise of mega-cap tech stocks that have led the market higher for much of the past decade. The average return for those five stocks so far this year has […]

The Clock Starts Today on This Historically Accurate Election Winner Indicator

Posted by lplresearch Market Blog 2020 has been historic and devastating in many ways, from the fastest bear market ever, to one of the greatest stock market recoveries ever. Not to mention a historic drop in the economy in the second quarter, with likely a record jump due in the third quarter. With so many things […]

August 3, 2020

Calendar Concerns and Gold Gains

AUGUST 03, 2020  LPL RESEARCH August and September historically have been troublesome for stocks. Meanwhile, gold is breaking out to new all-time highs. Stocks may be ready for a break, but it’s still possible gold and stocks could trend higher together. Real-time economic data continues to show a slowdown, at the same time we’re entering […]

Are Recessions Good For Stocks?

Posted by lplresearch Market Blog This isn’t like any recession we’ve ever seen, as it was sparked by a horrible pandemic and happened because people were told to stay inside. The impact was the worst contraction in gross domestic product (GDP) last quarter that anyone who is reading this has ever seen. But what is quite […]

August 5, 2020

The Worst Years for Treasuries Don’t Look Like This…Except One

Posted by lplresearch Economic Blog The 10-year Treasury yield is historically low, so low that it could climb a full 1% before the end of the year and still be the lowest year-end yield on record, with room to spare. Historically low rates come with a genuine concern that they can reverse and climb higher, which […]

August 6, 2020

Street View: Let’s Talk About Gold

Bond Returns and Congress

Posted by lplresearch Market Blog As election season heats up, we are often presented with questions regarding market returns based on the political party composition of the White House and Congress. In our Election Preview Weekly Market Commentary, we took a closer look at equity returns under various political scenarios. Here we provide the data for the other […]

August 11, 2020

4 Charts That Will Amaze You

Posted by lplresearch Market Blog The S&P 500 Index is a few points away from a new all-time high, completing one of the fastest recoveries from a bear market ever. But this will also seal the deal on the shortest bear market ever. Remember, the S&P 500 Index lost 20% from an all-time high in only […]

August 12, 2020