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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...
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...
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...
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...
2021 is history. As the global and U.S. economies continued to recover from COVID global stocks had another good year. S&P 500 (SPY): +27% NASDAQ (QQQ): +21% Dow Jones (DJI): +19% Vanguard Global Stock Market (VT): +16% Emerging Markets (EEM): -5% Renaissance IPO...