Facts Vs Feelings Take 5 – Guess Who’s Back?

Holding Our Equity Forecast Steady The S&P 500 Index fell slightly last week after a late week retreat on escalating conflict in the Middle East. Despite a more than 20% gain in two months, down weeks have been normal off the lows with four of the last ten weeks seeing the index lower. …

Holding Our Equity Forecast Steady The S&P 500 Index fell slightly last week after a late week retreat on escalating conflict in the Middle East. Despite a more than 20% gain in two months, down weeks have been normal off the lows with four of the last ten weeks seeing the index lower. …

In the latest Take 5, Ryan Detrick, Chief Market Strategist, and Sonu Varghese, VP, Global Macro Strategist, examine the recent narrative that inflation is about to spike again — and explain why the actual data says otherwise. While tariff concerns and headline warnings have investors on ed …

Inching Closer to New Highs Stocks had some drama last week as the president of the United States and the world’s richest man had a very public falling out, but that did little to slow down the bull market. The S&P 500 is now just a chip shot away from new highs, something that was …

In the latest Take 5, Ryan Detrick, Chief Market Strategist, and Sonu Varghese, VP, Global Macro Strategist chat about markets climbing sharply off April lows and discuss what could derail this bull run. From housing weakness to tariff uncertainty, they explore the real risks that could tri …

What a Month! At the start of the month investors were still battered from March and April volatility and uncertainty around trade and the economy. As we noted at the start of the month though, stocks were extremely oversold and any good news (which we expected) could spark a big rally. Sur …

In the latest Take 5, Ryan Detrick, Chief Market Strategist, and Sonu Varghese, VP, Global Macro Strategist, challenge the conventional wisdom around who really qualifies as the “smart money.” While institutional investors have historically held that title, the hosts make a comp …

The S&P 500 fell 2.6% last week, falling the last three days of the week heading into the long holiday weekend after climbing on Monday and Tuesday. Declines were primarily caused by a fresh round of tariff threats, including 50% on the European Union (delayed over the weekend to July 9 …

What a week last week was, as the S&P 500 gained more than 3% on Monday after a 90-day pause in tariffs with China was announced. Incredibly, stocks gained the next four days as well. March 2003 was the last time we saw a Monday that strong, followed by the next four days green as …

In the latest Take 5, Ryan Detrick, Chief Market Strategist, and Sonu Varghese, VP, Global Macro Strategist, dig into the recent market rally and explore the possibility that the worst may be behind us. With tariffs rolled back and earnings season exceeding expectations, could the lows be i …