Largest Social Security Bump in 40 years

Starting in January, recipients of Social Security payments are set to receive their largest cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) in over 40 years. According to a recent Social Security Administration press release, approximately 70 million Americans will see an increase of 8.7% in their benefits for 2023. The last double-digit bump for SS payments was a 11.2% bump in 1981. Those currently…

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Weekly Market Recap | November 14, 2022

Week in Review Equity Markets: The S&P 500 rallied on the slowing October CPI report. The S&P spiked on Thursday, ending the day up over 5%, and the week up over 5.9%. The markets bounced on the anticipation that the Fed could slow the pace of the rate hikes. The sooner the Fed signals the end of the rate hiking…

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Weekly Market Recap | November 7, 2022

Week in Review Equity Markets: 85% of S&P 500 companies have reported earnings so far. 70% of companies have beaten earnings expectations and 71% have beaten analysts’ revenue expectations, according to FactSet. The blended earnings growth rate is 2.2%, which combines reported earnings and uses the estimates for any companies that have not yet reported. Earnings are better than feared,…

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Weekly Market Recap | October 31, 2022

Week in Review Equity Markets: The S&P rallied this week, despite some disappointing earnings reports from major tech companies. The S&P ended the week up 4%. The Dow Jones outperformed the other major indices following strong earnings from the energy and industrials sectors and ended the week up by 5.7% We are in the heart of earnings season. So far,…

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Weekly Market Recap | October 24, 2022

Week in Review Equity Markets: All major indices ended the week in highly positive territory. The S&P 500 climbed 4.7%, with broad market participation. Slowing economic numbers and better-than-expected earnings helped push the markets higher. Earnings ramped up last week. 20% of S&P 500 companies have reported so far. According to FactSet, 72% have beaten earnings expectations. This is slightly…

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Weekly Market Recap | October 17, 2022

Week in Review Equity Markets: The S&P finished the week -1.6%, despite the 4%+ intraday swing in the S&P on Thursday. Following the higher-than-expected CPI report, the futures market took a significant swing downward, only to end the day significantly in the green. Inflation has remained higher than expected all year and the market’s initial reaction was a sell-off. Earnings…

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Weekly Market Recap | October 10, 2022

Week in Review Equity Markets: The S&P saw high volatility throughout the week. Between Monday and Tuesday, the S&P gained 5.7% in that span. This two-day surge was the largest since 2020. The majority of the gain was then given back as the S&P finished up 1.5%. Currently only 4% of S&P 500 companies have reported earnings. Thus far, 50%…

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Quarterly Insights | October 2022

A Still-Hawkish Fed and Growing Geopolitical Risks Offset a Likely Peak in Inflation to Pressure Stocks in the Third Quarter Global markets declined again in the third quarter as inflation remained near multi-decade highs, geopolitical tensions escalated further, and the Federal Reserve continued to aggressively hike interest rates signaling future rate increases may be larger than previously expected. The third…

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Weekly Market Recap | October 3, 2022

Week in Review Equity Markets: The S&P finished the quarter down ~9%. 2022 has been a tale of what seems to be a slow bleed followed by a run-up, but the rally never takes hold. The emotional roller coaster this year for investors is historically unprecedented. Year-to-date, the S&P is down nearly 25%. But the Bloomberg Barclays Aggregate Bond Index…

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Weekly Market Recap | September 26, 2022

Week in Review Equity Markets: The S&P closed within 30 points of the early June lows this week. This was heavily influenced by the FOMC’s decision to continue its rate hike path and the commentary that followed. We are nearly 10 months into the year and the market has seen a slow bleed. A slow drawdown was followed by a…

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