Market Commentary: Bull Market Turns Two
More New Highs for 2024 We might sound like a broken record, but stocks made more new highs last week. The S&P 500 is now up five weeks in a row, something it has done only two other times so far this year, falling during the sixth week each time. In fact, it hasn’t been …
Facts Vs Feelings Take 5 – Five Things To Look Forward to in the 4th Quarter
This week on Take 5, Ryan Detrick, Chief Market Strategist at Carson Group, and Sonu Varghese, VP, Global Macro Strategist at Carson Group, discuss the factors behind the current market strength and provide insights into what lies ahead. Tune in as they analyze: The impact of GDP growth Pro …
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Market Commentary: Stocks in the Middle of Some Amazing Streaks While Job Growth Perks Up
What A Run, But… Today is the one-year anniversary of Hamas’s horrific terrorist attack on Israel. That day and its aftermath have taken a tremendous human toll and tensions continue to escalate in the region, but our job is to focus on the impact on markets. Following October 7, 2023, oil …
Facts Vs Feelings Take 5 – Why Stocks in China Soared
Latest news out of China: Their stocks recently soared around 25% over five days. How could this affect the US stock market and economy? Carson Group’s Chief Market Strategist Ryan Detrick and VP, Global Macro Strategist Sonu Varghese share their insights. Highlights include: US stock mar …
Market Commentary: S&P 500 Has Another Strong Month, but Watch Out for October Jitters
The Bull Market Continues Stocks had a rough start to September, but the bull market continued and it is looking like the S&P 500 will be higher this year in the usually weak month of September. (The S&P 500 was up 1.7% on a total return basis as of Friday, September 27, with one tr …
Facts Vs Feelings Take 5 – Will There Be an October Surprise?
October is typically the most volatile month of the year. Will this year be the same? Carson Group’s Chief Market Strategist Ryan Detrick and VP, Global Macro Strategist Sonu Varghese share their insights for investors. Highlights include: The stock markets are up to record highs, driven …
Market Commentary: S&P 500 Makes New All-Time High as Fed Goes Big
Stocks Like Rate Cuts The big story this week was the Fed cutting interest rates for the first time since March 2020. We will get into all of the ramifications of the Fed’s decision below, but to kick off this week’s market commentary we will discuss why rate cuts can indeed be a bullish de …
Facts Vs Feelings Take 5 – The Fed Cuts Big
The Fed finally made a rate cut, and this one was big. Is this going to be a positive thing for the stock market? Carson Group’s Chief Market Strategist Ryan Detrick and VP, Global Macro Strategist Sonu Varghese share their insights about what happened and what could be next for investors a …
Market Commentary: Stocks Rise Ahead of Big Fed Decision
Stocks Bounce Back Following the worst week since March 2023 for the S&P 500 in the first week of September, the index soared 4.1% last week and was higher all five days of the week, completing a perfect week. Interestingly, August also had a perfect week, making this the first time sin …
