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 1, 2022 | All Updates, S&P 500 Stocks, Weekly Update
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...
by Michael Vodicka | Dec 21, 2021 | All Updates, S&P 500 Stocks, Weekly Update
2021 has been a good year for the broader stock market. The S&P 500 (SPY) is up +22% in 2021. The Vanguard Global Stock Index (VT) is up +12% in 2021. However, beneath the headline there was some real weakness in some of the most popular growth stocks of the last...
by Michael Vodicka | Oct 31, 2021 | All Updates, S&P 500 Stocks, Weekly Update
The S&P 500 just hit a new all-time high, driven by a solid earnings season that shows U.S. companies continue to recover from the COVID economic slowdown. Today I am going to share an update on earnings season and a forecast for stocks for the last two months of...
