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Market Commentary: Another October Low Forming?

Carson Wealth

Retail and food service sales have increased at an 8.6% Economic indicators across consumption, income, industry and the labor market don’t point to a recession. Fast forward 12 months and not only did we not have a recession, but economic growth has accelerated over the past quarter and is showing strong momentum as we head into 2024.

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Beijing’s relationship with the outside world is no longer guided by the principles of economic rationality, but rather by its yearning for political power. But now she has re-recorded it as the latest part of an ongoing campaign to regain control of her work, after an investment company bought her master tapes in 2019. (

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Market Commentary: S&P 500 Has Another Strong Month, but Watch Out for October Jitters

Carson Wealth

The Bearish Narratives Look Even Worse Now We just got a slew of economic data revisions from the Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) and our first response was, Wow! From the end of 2019 through 2024 Q2, real GDP growth was revised up from 9.4% Guess What? Let’s start here: GDP growth over the last 5 years was revised up.

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Market Commentary: The Summer Rally Continues Amid Strong Job Gains

Carson Wealth

In 2019, average monthly job growth was 166,000. That’s only slightly below the high from last summer, and above anything we saw between 2001 and 2019 (when it peaked at 80.4%). The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) actually measures this, via a metric called “part-time employment for economic reasons.”

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Market Commentary: Slow Start For Stocks Despite Solid Job Gains

Carson Wealth

In fact, the average annual number of jobs gained from 2010-2019 was 2.2 In fact, monthly job creation averaged 163,000 in 2019, which was a year of solid economic growth. It indicates layoffs remain low, which is why initial claims for unemployment benefits match the low levels seen in 2022 and even 2018-2019.

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Market Commentary: Good News Is Good News

Carson Wealth

In 2022, positive economic data typically led to a sell-off in the stock market, and weak data often led to a rally. Strong economic growth and better data should be viewed positively, as it shows the economy isn’t falling into a recession. and 2017-2019 pace of 2.8%. That’s well above the 2010-2019 average of 2.4%

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Muni Bonds: Winners in 2018 and Bright Skies Ahead for 2019

Brown Advisory

Muni Bonds: Winners in 2018 and Bright Skies Ahead for 2019 ajackson Thu, 02/07/2019 - 08:44 Municipal bonds held their ground in 2018, and truly shined when equity markets were punished during the fourth quarter. We are optimistic about opportunities in the muni market in 2019.

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