Buckle Up
There was a flurry of activity that has the potential to significantly influence market trends in 2025. January saw the new administration begin to aggressively implement their social and economic…
Bring An Umbrella
2024 brought us another year of positive gains in the stock market. The S&P 500 has been the leader of the pack, returning greater than 20% in both 2023 and…
Strength Begets Strength
By Jeremy Bryan, CFA®, Gradient Investments, LLC As we enter the nal month of 2024, stocks in the S&P 500 are near record highs. As you may recall, stocks ended…
Is Goldilocks Finding Her Bed?
by Jeremy Bryan, CFA®, Gradient Investments, LLC Posted on Oct 2, 2024 As we exit the third quarter, many global assets are positive in performance with some exceeding record levels…
Strength from the Largest Companies
Stocks rallied in May and ended the month near all-time highs for the S&P 500. The indexhas been buoyed by technology, communications, and consumer companies that are largeand have a…
Starting Off On The Right Foot
In January, we had mostly positive performance for stocks, while bond performance was slightly negative. From an economic perspective, there is an increasing belief that we can avoid a US…