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Stock Market Insights: The Market wants to rise - lessons from past recoveries
There seems to be a lot of investor nervousness. Though I have only received one call from my own clients, I have received numerous calls from nervous investors who invest elsewhere.

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Stock Market Insights: U.S. stock markets suffer losses, tech stocks hit hardest
Though U.S. stock markets entered the year with near all-time highs, they suffered losses in the first quarter ending March 31st.

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Stock Market Insights: The economic shift and potential for global bond opportunities
The event that has put international bonds back into focus is Germany’s recent decision to change its government's economic policy...

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Stock Market Insights: Tariffs' impact on market volatility
Wall Street’s fear gauge, the CBOE Volatility Index (VIX), an options-based indicator, suddenly spiked to 24, up from this year's low of 14

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Stock Market Insights: Emerging opportunities in international stocks
U.S. stocks are big and have a great track record, but they are expensive when you compare the S&P 500 valuations...

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Stock Market Insights: Rising egg prices - inflation impact
The latest inflation numbers showed inflation went up 3% in January from December. Egg prices increased over 15% from December to January..

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Stock Market Insights: Congressional priorities impacting markets
The 119th Congress is only a month in, but there has been more activity in that month than usually happens in a year. They have several...

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Stock Market Insights: Chinese AI rattles U.S. Stock Market
Dr. Richard Baker, AIF®, is the CEO and executive wealth advisor at Fervent Wealth Management. Aunt Betty won’t let competition crowd...

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Stock Market Insights: Earnings season – forecasting 2025 amid policy uncertainty
Earnings season is underway, and we are learning how corporations performed last quarter. During this earning season...

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Stock Market Insights: Good problems in the market – climbing despite challenges
There’s no perfect family, there’s no perfect church, and there’s no perfect market. The stock market has had a great two-year run with...

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Stock Market Insights: Stocks upside potential in 2025
Looking back, 2024 was another good year for stocks. Stocks were driven higher by AI technology, feisty consumers whose spending...

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Stock Market Insights: December's Santa Claus Rally - will it deliver as expected?
Investors know that December is historically a great month for stocks, but this year's blowout November might have stolen...

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Stock Market Insights: Tariffs and inflation - implications for 2025
A report last week showed that inflation in October rose 0.2% from September, continuing the same steady monthly pace as July, August and...

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Stock Market Insights: The stock market's winners and losers post-election
Because of the potential policy differences, there could likely be market “winners and losers” depending on who wins the presidential...

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Stock Market Insights: A bull market anniversary
It is hard to believe that the S&P 500 closed at 3,577 only two years ago (it’s at 5,800 now) when investors were nervous that the inflation

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Stock Market Insights: The Fed's bold cut - effects and expectations
The rate cut helps some and hurts others. When rates are lowered, Americans with credit cards or other debts pay less interest...

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Stock Market Insights: Economic tests – surviving and thriving
The Federal Reserve (Fed) is ready to pat itself on the back. They may have steered the U.S. through a difficult season with one of its...

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Stock Market Insights: September stocks - volatility and opportunities
Stock trading volume is low during the summer when most Americans take vacations. It seems that when Labor Day ends...

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Stock Market Insights: NVIDIA – Striking gold in tech's AI rush
From an earnings perspective, all eyes have been on the computer chip maker NVIDIA, which announced its earnings...

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Stock Market Insights: Investment flows – trends and dangers
Investment fund flows, which measure the movement of cash in and out of investments, can reveal patterns in investor sentiment and general..

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