by Michael Vodicka | May 15, 2023 | All Updates, S&P 500 Stocks, Weekly Update
Without question the hottest sector in technology and probably the entire stock market is Artificial Intelligence (AI). The catalyst came in November of 2022 when Open AI released its revolutionary chatbot called ChatGPT. ChatGPT was a quantum leap forward from...
by Michael Vodicka | Apr 30, 2023 | All Updates, S&P 500 Stocks, Weekly Update
Stocks continued their upward momentum in April, finishing the month with another solid gain. The S&P 500 (SPY) was up 2% in April. The tech-heavy NASDAQ 100 (QQQ) gained 1% in April. The Vanguard Global Stock Market (VT) was up 1% in April. The solid performance...
by Michael Vodicka | Apr 15, 2023 | All Updates, S&P 500 Stocks, Weekly Update
Gold is one of the most polarizing assets. Investors either love it or hate it. That’s because gold has a history of extreme volatility that has left investors either very happy or very angry depending on when they were buying and selling. With inflation raging...
by Michael Vodicka | Apr 1, 2023 | All Updates, S&P 500 Stocks, Weekly Update
The first quarter of 2023 is over and despite lingering speed bumps US stocks delivered a solid performance. The S&P 500 (SPY) gained 3.5% in March for a total gain of 6.5% in the first quarter. The NASDAQ (IXIC) gained 6.7% in March, bringing its first-quarter...
by Michael Vodicka | Mar 18, 2023 | All Updates, S&P 500 Stocks, Weekly Update
It has been a pretty bumpy few weeks on the Street. Three US banks failed in March: Silvergate Capital, Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank. The contagion spread to other smaller regional banks in the U.S. For example First Republic Bank (FRC) shares are down 81%...
