by Michael Vodicka | Apr 1, 2022 | All Updates, S&P 500 Stocks, Weekly Update
The first quarter of 2022 is over and despite some pretty intense volatility the U.S. stock market held up relatively well. After being down as much as 14%, the S&P 500 (SPY) closed the first quarter with a 5% decline. The tech heavy NASDAQ 100 (QQQ) was down as...
by Michael Vodicka | Mar 20, 2022 | All Updates, S&P 500 Stocks, Weekly Update
Although markets have been volatile in 2022, stocks are actually doing a pretty good job of hanging in there. The S&P 500 (SPY) is coming off its best week in almost two years, gaining 6% this week. After the gain, the leading index is down 7% on the year. The...
by Michael Vodicka | Feb 26, 2022 | All Updates, S&P 500 Stocks, Weekly Update
We expected more stock market volatility in 2022 and that was on display this week. Stocks fell sharply in the middle of the week after news broke that Russia was invading Ukraine. This was a big story and stocks didn’t like it. The S&P 500 was down as much...
by Michael Vodicka | Feb 4, 2022 | All Updates, S&P 500 Stocks, Weekly Update
First-quarter earnings season is in full swing and today I am dropping in to share an update on Meta Platforms (META) and three other big tech leaders, Amazon (AMZN), Apple (AAPL) and Alphabet (GOOG). First the bad news. Meta massively disappointed the Street...
by Michael Vodicka | Jan 15, 2022 | All Updates, Weekly Update
2021 is history and today I am dropping in to share a recap of the cannabis sector in 2021 and my outlook for 2022. 2021 was a tough year for the cannabis sector. The Advisorshares US Cannabis ETF (MSOS) fell 60% from the 52-week high and closed down 32% on the year....
