by Michael Vodicka | Feb 15, 2019 | All Updates, S&P 500 Stocks
Starbucks is having problems with its open bathroom policy.
by Michael Vodicka | Jan 3, 2019 | All Updates, S&P 500 Stocks, Weekly Update
2018 is history. It was a pretty bumpy year for the stock market. Today I’m checking in to share my annual review and outlook for 2019. After delivering a big return of 23% in 2017, US stocks closed 2018 in the red. The S&P 500 (SPY) fell 4.57% on the year....
by Michael Vodicka | Jan 2, 2019 | All Updates, S&P 500 Stocks, Weekly Update
The federal reserve kept interest rates at an all-time low for eight years. Then in 2016 something changed. The fed began aggressively raising and interest rates just hit a new 10-year high. Here’s my big question – what happened in 2016 that caused the...
by Michael Vodicka | Jan 1, 2019 | All Updates, S&P 500 Stocks
The S&P 500 had a very brutal fourth quarter, plunging the index into the red for 2018. However, if you look at the S&P 500 on a multi-year interval, despite this nastly bear market the returns have been excellent for the last five years.
by Michael Vodicka | Dec 29, 2018 | All Updates, S&P 500 Stocks
The relief rally has arrived. After a brutal stretch in the first three weeks of December, the S&P 500 had one its best rallies in seven years, jumping 5.5% from Wednesday to Friday. You can see the nice rebound in the 12-month S&P 500 chart below. The S&P...
by Michael Vodicka | Dec 15, 2018 | All Updates, S&P 500 Stocks
Greetings Friends, Apparently US investors were naughty in 2018 because there hasn’t been a Santa Claus rally. That’s too bad. We could have used it. December is turning out to be another brutal month for global and US stocks. In the US, the S&P 500 is...
