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February 2022
Focus Turning
The Weekly Update Week of February 7th, 2022 By Christopher T. Much, CFP®, AIF® Stocks managed to gain ground last week as investors turned their focus to ...
January 2022
The Fed Prepares
The Weekly Update Week of January 31st, 2022 By Christopher T. Much, CFP®, AIF® An exceptionally volatile week, marked by wide intraday price swings, whipsawed investors with ...
Continued Turbulence
The Weekly Update Week of January 24th, 2022 By Christopher T. Much, CFP®, AIF® Stocks extended their January retreat as worries over inflation and rising bond yields ...
Grappling
The Weekly Update Week of January 18th, 2022 By Christopher T. Much, CFP®, AIF® Deteriorating investor enthusiasm for high-valuation growth companies and a mixed start to the ...
The Fed Gets Hawkish
The Weekly Update Week of January 10th, 2022 By Christopher T. Much, CFP®, AIF® A jump in yields sparked by a more aggressive sounding Federal Reserve sent ...
Holiday Highs
The Weekly Update Week of January 3rd, 2021 By Christopher T. Much, CFP®, AIF® Stocks closed out the year on a mostly positive note, adding to the ...
December 2021
Tightening
The Weekly Update Week of December 20th, 2021 By Christopher T. Much, CFP®, AIF® Stock prices retreated last week as global central banks joined the Federal Reserve ...
Lion or Lamb?
The Weekly Update Week of December 13th, 2021 By Christopher T. Much, CFP®, AIF® A more benign reassessment of the possible economic risk posed by Omicron sent ...
Mixed Data
The Weekly Update Week of December 6th, 2021 By Christopher T. Much, CFP®, AIF® Stocks took investors on a wild ride last week as the Omicron variant ...
November 2021
Sell Off
The Weekly Update Week of November 29th, 2021 By Christopher T. Much, CFP®, AIF® News of a new, highly virulent COVID variant triggered a market sell-off on ...
Battling Cross-Currents
The Weekly Update Week of November 22nd, 2021 By Christopher T. Much, CFP®, AIF® Stocks were mixed last week in choppy trading as investors battled the crosscurrents ...
Prices Rising
The Weekly Update Week of November 15th, 2021 By Christopher T. Much, CFP®, AIF® Stocks posted small declines last week as investors digested recent stock market gains ...
Powering Higher
The Weekly Update Week of November 8th, 2021 By Christopher T. Much, CFP®, AIF® A Federal Reserve announcement on tapering, a fresh batch of corporate profits, and ...
Surprises Continue
The Weekly Update Week of November 1st, 2021 By Christopher T. Much, CFP®, AIF® A fresh wave of positive corporate earnings surprises sent markets to new record ...
October 2021
Earnings Surprises
The Weekly Update Week of October 25th, 2021 By Christopher T. Much, CFP®, AIF® Stocks rallied last week on a stream of positive corporate earnings surprises. The ...
Optimism Returns
The Weekly Update Week of October 18th, 2021 By Christopher T. Much, CFP®, AIF® A strong opening to the third-quarter earnings season sparked a late week, broad-based ...
Debt Ceiling
The Weekly Update Week of October 11th, 2021 By Christopher T. Much, CFP®, AIF® The overhang of bumping against the federal debt ceiling was lifted last week ...
Legislative Stalemate
The Weekly Update Week of October 4th, 2021 By Christopher T. Much, CFP®, AIF® Higher bond yields and a legislative stalemate in Washington, D.C., added up to ...
September 2021
Whipsaw
The Weekly Update Week of September 27th, 2021 By Christopher T. Much, CFP®, AIF® Stocks prices were whipsawed last week, dragged initially lower by financial contagion worries ...
The Economic Pulse
The Weekly Update Week of September 20th, 2021 By Christopher T. Much, CFP®, AIF® Stocks weakened ahead of this week’s Federal Reserve meeting and amid persistent concerns ...
Simmering Concerns
The Weekly Update Week of September 13th, 2021 By Christopher T. Much, CFP®, AIF® In a quiet week of news, stocks moved lower amid simmering concerns over ...
