Second Quarter 2023 Market Recap
Markets in Review The first half of the year proved to be a wild and crazy ride. Even with continued rate hikes and a Federal Reserve...
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Matt Schreiber
Apr 25, 20238 min
First Quarter 2023 Market Recap
Markets in Review The economy and stock market head into the second quarter of 2023 dealing with both headwinds and tailwinds after an...
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Matt Schreiber
Jan 25, 20239 min
Fourth Quarter 2022 Market Recap
Markets in Review Finally, we close the books on 2022 which was the worst year for financial markets since the “Great Recession”. The S&P...
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Matt Schreiber
Jan 9, 20235 min
2023 Outlook
The cheerleaders of passive indexing have fallen quiet after a decade of yelling that passive indexing is the only way to invest money....
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Matt Schreiber
Oct 24, 20228 min
Third Quarter 2022 Market Recap
Markets in Review The third quarter started with renewed investor optimism but ended with a crushing reminder that the worst is yet to...
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Matt Schreiber
Jul 22, 202210 min
Second Quarter 2022 Market Recap
Markets in Review Let’s start by highlighting that the S&P 500 Index has just posted its worst first-half performance since 1970. Most...
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Matt Schreiber
Apr 20, 20229 min
First Quarter 2022 Market Recap
Markets in Review After briefly touching record highs at the start of the year, markets gave investors a truly wild ride through the...
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Matt Schreiber
Jan 19, 20225 min
Fourth Quarter 2021 Market Recap
Following increased volatility in the third quarter, the last quarter of 2021 brought an unnerving amount of optimism in the markets...
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Matt Schreiber
Jan 12, 20223 min
Inflation Will Call the Market Tune for 2022
Inflation is a much more embedded problem than the Fed and politicians have been indicating. Shifts in the social system driving...
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Matt Schreiber
Oct 20, 20218 min
Volatility returns in Q3 as eyes remain on the Fed
Markets in Review After two quarters of rising equity markets through the beginning of this year, the third quarter brought increased...
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Matt Schreiber
Jul 27, 20218 min
Is there still value in value?
Markets in Review Equity markets continued their upward climb during the second quarter of this year. Following a solid first quarter,...
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Matt Schreiber
Apr 23, 20218 min
Should Markets Really Be This Optimistic?
Markets in Review After a strong finish last year, the S&P 500 Index gyrated most of the first quarter this year but ended up 5.77%, with...
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Matt Schreiber
Jan 25, 202110 min
Market Predictions vs. Guarantees: Why Investors Should Stay Mindful
Wall Street loves to make predictions about the future. As we write this, most large firms are publishing their annual outlook research...
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Matt Schreiber
Oct 23, 202010 min
Investors need the truth, but is the market playing truth or dare?
There’s a game I used to play as a child where friends would offer each other the ability to answer an unknown question truthfully, or,...
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