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Market Commentary: Tariffs Have Increased Market Uncertainty, but Job Growth Remains Solid

Carson Wealth

Then who could ever forget the Great Financial Crisis ,which bottomed on March 9, 2009 after a down 56% generational bear market? to 80.5%, but thats still higher than anything we saw over the last two expansion cycles (2003 2007 and 2009 2019). Other data show that layoffs remain low, but its getting a little harder to find a job.

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Market Commentary: Strong Jobs Report Gets the “Good News Is Bad News” Treatment

Carson Wealth

The last two highlight the challenges of keeping up with changing markets and technology, as GM declared bankruptcy in 2009 and Kodak in 2012. Compliance Case # 7521978.1._011325_C Also in the top 10 in the early 70s, several oil companies, Eastman Kodak, and General Motors.

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Proactive Auditing or Embedded Assurance

Norman Marks

In 2009, the […]. , I was intrigued. What exactly is “embedded assurance”? I expected something along the lines of the new-fangled concept of ‘combined assurance’, which is really not new at all!

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Market Commentary: Good Riddance February, Hello March

Carson Wealth

Those other times we saw fear similar to this were times like the recession and near bear market of 1990, October 2008 and March 2009 during the Great Financial Crisis, and the end of the bear market in 2022. Heres the catch. A diversified portfolio does not assure a profit or protect against loss in a declining market.

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Market Commentary: The Summer Rally Continues Amid Strong Job Gains

Carson Wealth

Even more impressive is the past four times this happened (1997, 2003, 2009, and 2020) all saw at least double-digit returns. Compliance Case # 02272734_061024_C The post Market Commentary: The Summer Rally Continues Amid Strong Job Gains appeared first on Carson Wealth. MAY”be we have a positive signal from the strong May.

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Market Commentary: Strong Starts to the Year Are Usually Bullish for Stocks

Carson Wealth

Considering the market impact, there have been only two streaks of LEI monthly declines similar to the one we just broke — a 22-month streak ending in March 1975 and a 24-month streak ending in March 2009. Only five other streaks have lasted as long as six months and none longer than a year. These streaks don’t mean much on their own.

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Market Commentary: Best Calendar Month Over the Last 20 Years Holding True

Carson Wealth

Not exactly weak (the hiring rate collapsed below 3% during the 2008-2009 recession), but not too hot either. That is why there’s really no such thing as a mild recession — the three recessions prior to the pandemic recession (1991, 2001, 2008-2009) were all bad from an employment perspective, as it took years for the labor market to recover.