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March 2025
Investors React To Tariff News
The Weekly Update Week of March 31st, 2025 By Christopher T. Much, CFP®, AIF® Stocks moved lower last week as investors swung from exuberance to disappointment on ...
Fed Happy Talk Breaks Bad News Streak
The Weekly Update Week of March 24th, 2025 By Christopher T. Much, CFP®, AIF® Stocks notched a solid gain last week as upbeat comments from the Fed ...
Rough Week for Stocks, with Slight Friday Rally
The Weekly Update Week of March 17th, 2025 By Christopher T. Much, CFP®, AIF® Investors endured another volatile, whipsaw week as ongoing trade talks and White House ...
Tariffs Take Markets for a Wild Ride
The Weekly Update Week of March 10th, 2025 By Christopher T. Much, CFP®, AIF® Stocks continued their slide through a volatile week. U.S. trade policy drove much ...
Tariff Talk Returns, Volatility Close Behind
The Weekly Update Week of March 3rd, 2025 By Christopher T. Much, CFP®, AIF® Stocks were mixed last week as investor concerns over inflation and trade policy ...
February 2025
New Indicators Rattle Investors
The Weekly Update Week of February 24th, 2025 By Christopher T. Much, CFP®, AIF® Stocks fell last week as concerns about sticky inflation and the pace of ...
Markets Advance Amid Volatile Week
The Weekly Update Week of February 17th, 2025 By Christopher T. Much, CFP®, AIF® Stocks advanced last week despite some intra-week volatility as investors showed concern about ...
Markets Process Tariff Deals, New Data
The Weekly Update Week of February 10th, 2025 By Christopher T. Much, CFP®, AIF® Stocks posted modest losses last week as tariff deals, January jobs data, and ...
Black Swan Casts Shadow Over Wall Street
The Weekly Update Week of February 3rd, 2025 By Christopher T. Much, CFP®, AIF® Stocks were mixed last week as investors parsed market-moving news nearly every trading ...
January 2025
Shifted Policy Gears Rev Markets
The Weekly Update Week of January 27th, 2025 By Christopher T. Much, CFP®, AIF® Stocks rallied last week as investors reacted positively to a handful of better-than-expected ...
Goldilocks Returns; Market Ends Week “Just Right.”
The Weekly Update Week of January 20th, 2025 By Christopher T. Much, CFP®, AIF® Stocks roared back last week, fueled by upbeat Q4 corporate reports and economic ...
Investors Read Inflation Risk in Job Numbers
The Weekly Update Week of January 13th, 2025 By Christopher T. Much, CFP®, AIF® Stocks fell for the second consecutive week as a round of fresh economic ...
Stocks Decline Slightly as New Year Dawns
The Weekly Update Week of January 6th, 2025 By Christopher T. Much, CFP®, AIF® Stocks edged lower last week despite a powerful end-of-week rally. The Standard & ...
December 2024
Holiday Spending Up
The Weekly Update Week of December 30th, 2024 By Christopher T. Much, CFP®, AIF® Stocks notched a slight gain over the holiday week. A tech-driven rally in ...
Powell Signal Leaves Investors Cold
The Weekly Update Week of December 23rd, 2024 By Christopher T. Much, CFP®, AIF® Stocks were under pressure last week as the Fed Chair's hawkish comments unsettled ...
Mixed Data, Mixed Results
The Weekly Update Week of December 16th, 2024 By Christopher T. Much, CFP®, AIF® Stocks finished the week mixed, bookending losses around midweek gains as investors digested ...
Markets Mixed; Jobs Back on Track
The Weekly Update Week of December 9th, 2024 By Christopher T. Much, CFP®, AIF® Stocks were mixed during the first trading week of December. Technology stocks led, ...
Solid Gains for Thanksgiving Week
The Weekly Update December 2nd, 2024 By Christopher T. Much, CFP®, AIF® Stocks posted solid gains over a short and busy holiday week as investors parsed fresh ...
November 2024
Pre-Holiday Optimism Lifts Markets
The Weekly Update Week of November 25th, 2024 By Christopher T. Much, CFP®, AIF® Stocks advanced last week, powering ahead with pre-holiday optimism despite geopolitical tensions and ...
Rally Loses Steam; Fed Weighs Move
The Weekly Update Week of November 18th, 2024 By Christopher T. Much, CFP®, AIF® Stocks fell last week as the post-election rally lost momentum amid an inflation ...
Stocks Surge Post-Election; Fed Cuts Quarter Point
The Weekly Update Week of November 11th, 2024 By Christopher T. Much, CFP®, AIF® Stocks surged higher last week, fueled by the Fed’s rate cut decision and ...
