Be curious, not judgmental.”— attributed to Walt Whitman. The nice break in January represented a respite from negative karma in 2022. The S&P 500 surged more than 6% in January, and leadership clearly centered on the more aggressive areas of this large-cap...

The U.S. stock market broke out of the gate in style and good fashion in this new year. It provided a nice breather from the negativity we all felt throughout 2022. The S&P 500 advanced over 6% in January, which marked the best January for this index since...

Last year was simply painful. All three major large-cap U.S. equity indices were in the red. The Dow Jones Industrial Average declined 8.8%, the S&P 500 fell 19.4%, and the tech-laden Nasdaq took a -33.1% nosedive.¹ Headlines note that this was the weakest...

Following midterm elections, November 2022 was good to investors, which tracks with historical post-election norms. The tech-laden Nasdaq rose nearly 5.5% for the month and both the S&P 500 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average rose almost 6% in the 30-day period.1...

“Don’t do something, just stand here.” — American Investor and Philanthropist, Jack Bogle We all have heard that often-repeated quote from Mark Twain, “October: This is one of the peculiarly dangerous months to speculate in stocks. The others are July, January,...

“September stands alone as the only month in which the market falls more frequently than it rises.” — Sam Stovall, Investment Strategist Typical Seasonal Returns I guess you could say that, in one sense, September delivered. It has the well-deserved reputation of...

“And when things start to happen, don’t worry don’t stew, just go right along, you’ll start happening too.” — Dr. Seuss, “Oh, The Places You’ll Go” S&P 500 Throws Investors a Curve Ball Just when many began to feel that the market may have bottomed on June 16 and...

“There’s a reason why your windshield is bigger than your rearview mirror. Where you are going is more important than where you came from.” – Anonymous  As I was ruminating on last month’s commentary about the horrible first half in the equity markets in 2022...

“The stock market has predicted nine of the last five recessions.” —Paul Samuelson Wow, we can do without another six months like those in the first half of 2022. It was ugly and it wasn’t fun. But after an impressively profitable three-year stretch from 2019-2021, it...

“Patience Is a Virtue.”   “Good Things Come to Those Who Wait.” – English Poets, William Langland and Lady Curie, respectively The first five months of 2022 have no doubt tried the patience of all investors. We know the fundamentals of our economy remain solid...