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Market Commentary: S&P 500 Makes New All-Time High as Fed Goes Big

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If they are cutting due to a panic (think March 2020) or due to a recession (like in 2001 or 2007) potential trouble could indeed be lurking. Yes, 2001 and 2007 are in there, as you’ve probably heard many times the past week if you’ve watched financial media at all. First things first, why are they cutting? on average.

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Market Commentary: Slow Start to Historically Worst Month of the Year

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from 2005-2007. The “insured unemployment rate,” which measures the number of unemployed people continuing to receive unemployment benefits as a percent of covered employment, is at 1.2% – above where it was pre-pandemic. For perspective, it was running around 1.2-1.3% from 2017-2019, and around 1.3-1.6%

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Market Commentary: Fundamentals May Be Aligned for Solid Stock Gains in 2024

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The third quarter’s blockbuster productivity data follows a hot number from the prior quarter, when productivity rose 3.5% (annualized). Higher wages can result from higher productivity in any number of ways, including businesses introducing more machines or organizing work more efficiently. Since 2020, productivity has averaged a 1.4%

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Market Commentary: Stocks Are Quite Resilient

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Recent sentiment polls show a high number of bears while worries about the economy and earnings continue to expand. This is the ninth straight rate increase and brings rates to their highest level since 2007. However, since that time a slew of strong economic data, including elevated inflation numbers, came in.

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Market Commentary: The Latest on the Banking Crisis

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A high number indicates worry is increasing about a bank’s solvency. Lastly, the Financial Select Sector SPDR ETF remains above the 2007 peak. Compliance Case # 01697852 The post Market Commentary: The Latest on the Banking Crisis appeared first on Carson Wealth. As of now, it remains above this critical point.

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Market Commentary: S&P 500 Index Hits a New All-Time High

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While new highs were set before bear markets in 1987, 2000, 2007, and 2020 in recent memory, the market has also made spectacular gains following new highs. We believe the first interest rate cut may come in May, unless inflation data over the next six weeks surprises to the downside or we get terrible payroll numbers.

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Transcript: Julian Salisbury, GS

The Big Picture

He co-chairs a number of the asset management investment committees. So I interviewed with a bunch of banks, got a number of job offers by the end of the week, and joined Goldman Sachs in October 1998. I ended up being hired onto the high yield desk as a research analyst and did that for a number of years, a couple of years.

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