Author: Liz Young
Is the US economy still fighting its way into a bull market?
Written by: Liz Young
All Rise As we approach the midpoint of the year, and after a strong rally in parts of the market, an exploration of where things currently …
Is the battery running low for energy investors?
Written by: Liz Young
Battery Low It’s not new news that the Energy sector has had a rough go of it in 2023 — it’s currently the worst performing sector …
Should American investors be worried about China?
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Globetrotting There’s been a decent amount of chatter lately about international economies, markets, and all of the possible effects they could have on U.S. markets. There’s …
The one potentially huge investing mistake that has this pro saying “that’s wild to me”
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Skinny Love For anyone not familiar with the band Bon Iver, let this be your introduction. The lead singer, Justin Vernon, was born in a small …
Could this little-known metric save us from inflation?
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Supercore to the Rescue Each mini-milestone in the fight against inflation has the power to move markets in the short-term, but it’s the enduring trend that …
That’s all, folks: Fed Reserve issues (hopefully) last interest rate hike of the year
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Hold for a Pause I’ll resist the urge to declare, “That’s all folks,” because we never can be sure — but it sounded to me like …
The US stock market: Is the worst yet to come?
Written by: Liz Young
Starry-Eyed Surprise The theme this week is a tough one to figure out, so I’ll spell it out — these are all titles of songs that …
Is this the calm before the stock market storm?
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Whistle While You Wait Stop me if you’ve heard this before: Sentiment is bearish. Even some of the most bullish voices have turned down the volume. …
So, just how bad was inflation during March?
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Seeping Out of the Balloon The latest Consumer Price Index (CPI) data showed a cooling in the headline number to 5.0% y/y from last month’s 6.0% …
Is the stock market livin’ on a prayer?
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Livin’ on a Prayer The next stop on the market news train is Q1 earnings season, which begins in earnest next week, and the industry group …
Why we should expect the unexpected from the stock market this year
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Expect the Unexpected Hard to believe we’re already at the end of the first quarter, but perhaps less hard to believe that there have been some …
What the Silicon Valley Bank failure means for investors
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Bad Moon Rising Last week’s events surrounding Silicon Valley Bank & Signature Bank, just to name a couple, served as a painful reminder of how quickly …
What are the stock market’s biggest red flags right now?
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Chutes and Ladders With Chairman Powell’s testimony marking another message of “data dependency,” I can’t help but feel like every data point either sends the market …
Latest stock market trends reveal some good and not-so-good news for investors
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Get Shorty My first job out of college was as a trader for a trust company, in a department called automated cash management. That meant I …
The 2023 stock market so far: Up, up and …?
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Splitsville This may be one of the more short-term oriented posts I’ll write, but we’re in an era of short attention spans and a market walk …
Watch out: The latest market trends may look good on paper, but bad in reality
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Same Same, but Different Different This week’s big news story was, yet again, about inflation. January headline CPI came in above expectations but slightly below December. …
Why this might be one of the hardest financial cycles of our lifetime
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The Future Is Further Away Recently in a CNBC interview, I admitted what I’ve gotten wrong so far in 2023 is that I thought it would …
An investment pro breaks down the Fed’s February statement
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Close, But No Cigar In its first statement of 2023, the Federal Reserve raised its target policy rate by 25 basis points (bps) to an upper …
A financial pro looks at 5 undeniable truths about the 2023 market
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Walks Like a Duck, Quacks Like a Duck In recent weeks, due in large part to a market rally that kicked off the year, the …
An investment pro looks at China
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Much Ado About China Although China is rarely noticeably absent from headlines, its return to being top of mind has been feverishly fierce in recent …
