July Continues Market’s Winning Ways
By Keith Gangl, CFA® Posted on Aug 1, 2025 The stock market’s second half began where the first half ended with continued strength and continuing its winning ways. The S&P…
Markets Set Record Highs
By Keith Gangl Posted on Jul 2, 2025 Gradient Investments The first half of 2025 is now in the books, and it proved to be a memorable period for investors.…
Bounce-Back May
Following a volatile April, May delivered a remarkable turnaround with normalized volatility and impressive stock market returns. The Wall Street adage of "sell in May and go away" certainly proved…
To Everything, There is a Season
Markets are facing a season of change in how Washington manages trade policy with other countries and how that change will influence future consumer spending and business growth. First, regarding…
Market Volatility In April
April is one of the shortest months in the calendar year, yet the market volatility made it feel extraordinarily long. As we discussed over the last few months, we anticipated…
Markets and Washington
DOGE. Tariffs. If you have been listening to the financial news at all in 2025, you have certainly heard these words many times over. The events in Washington are dominating…
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…
A Temporary Retreat or Beginning of a Trend?
By Jeremy Bryan, CFA®, Gradient Investments, LLC October returns were largely negative for the stock and bond market but are still up significantly over the past year. Investors are being…