One of the opportunities we highlighted early in the year in our 2025 Outlook was a big tax bill that boosted corporate profits, similar to 2017. We never believed it would be as large as the 2017 tax bill’s boost on profits—after all, you can only cut the corporate tax rate from 35% to 21% …
What’s going on with inflation and the Fed? Find out with Carson Group’s Chief Market Strategist Ryan Detrick and VP, Global Macro Strategist Sonu Varghese. Highlights include: Inflation has gone up for the first time in a while Energy prices, particularly fuel, have increased Core inflatio …
By Ryan Detrick, Chief Market Strategist We’ve been hearing many of the same myths over and over, yet we don’t think they are the big worry that the media and many make them out to be. These are legitimate concerns and have many investors worried, but we think the chances of them becoming l …
Stocks have had a rough start to September on the heels of an August slump. As we noted last week, this type of seasonal weakness is normal. The chart below shows that during various timeframes, August and September can be tricky. September, specifically, has been the worst month of the yea …
September is the worst-performing month for stocks, on average. Dig into the data with Carson Group’s Chief Market Strategist Ryan Detrick and VP, Global Macro Strategist Sonu Varghese. Highlights include: What could be behind the annual September slowdown? What can investors expect for thi …
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After the best start to a year since 1997 for the S&P 500, stocks finally fell in August, ending a five-month win streak. The S&P 500 closed the month down 1.8%, but that was after a late-month rally brought it back from a loss of 5%.
