Please note: This update was prepared on Friday, September 25, 2020, before the market’s close. This week marks six months since the March 23 coronavirus-induced market bottom, with recent volatility and uncertainty taking stocks down from the high set at the beginning of the month. September—historically, the worst month for …
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Please note: This update was prepared on Friday, September 18, 2020, before the market’s close. For most of the summer, the stock market seemed to be going only in one direction, higher. With the changing of the season, that rebound off of the March lows has stalled out—at least temporarily. …
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Please note: This update was prepared on Friday, September 11, 2020, before the market’s close. Have investors lost their appetite for risk? Volatility returned to the investment markets as high-flying tech stocks continued on the roller coaster ride that started last week. Billions of dollars in market value were siphoned …
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Please note: This update was prepared on Friday, September 4, 2020, before the market’s close. As they have for most of the year, big tech stocks led a bullish stampede early in the week, but traders hit their “restart” buttons on Thursday and Friday. Tech’s Thursday tumble drove the Dow …
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Please note: This update was prepared on Friday, August 28, 2020, before the market’s close. To our clients, friends and family impacted by Hurricane Laura and the California wildfires, we are thinking of you—please let us know that you’re healthy and safe, and tell us how we can help. The …
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Stock Buybacks: Public Enemy Number One?
Common Misconceptions About Buybacks and How They Impact Your Portfolio
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Please note: This update was prepared on Friday, August 21, 2020, before the market’s close. Believe it or not, we’re back in a bull market. Investor optimism drove the S&P 500 index to a record close on Tuesday (and another at week’s end), surpassing its February peak despite a political …
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Please note: This update was prepared on Friday, August 14, 2020, before the market’s close. Is the recession over? It depends who you ask. While some U.S. consumers were barely affected by the recession that officially began in March, others are still feeling its profound impact. And it could get …
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Please note: This update was prepared on Friday, August 7, 2020, before the market’s close. The summer of inconsistent signals continues, as the latest market and economic data offered a mixed bag again this week. “Only” 1.2 million people filed new unemployment claims last week—that’s the lowest level since March, …
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Please note: This update was prepared on Friday, July 31, 2020, before the market’s close. If you suffered a bit of whiplash this past week, you weren’t alone. Economic data turned from better to horrible while stocks rallied then faltered. And some of the largest tech companies in the world …
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Please note: This update was prepared on Friday, July 24, 2020, before the market’s close. After a months-long stock market rebound based on hope, a harsher reality may finally be at hand. With coronavirus infections rising, so too are unemployment filings, as hard-hit states renew shutdown measures to curb its …
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Fidelity vs. Vanguard
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Please note: This update was prepared on Friday, July 17, 2020, before the market’s close. A vaccine for COVID-19 is already working its magic on one coronavirus victim: Wall Street. Despite worrisome signs that the nascent economic recovery in the U.S. may be backsliding and news that COVID-19 cases are …
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Please note: This update was prepared on Friday, July 10, 2020, before the market’s close. Even as new COVID-19 cases hit single-day highs, technology stocks remained on the rise this week, pushing the NASDAQ Composite to a record close Thursday and continuing to carry the broader market on their backs. …
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