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Alex E. Oliver, CFP®, CRPS® |
Tuesday, October 17, 2023
If not now, when? That is what Bloomberg economists are asking themselves after forecasting a 100% chance of a recession within one year of October 2022. With GDP figures consistently above 2% and with 79% of the S&P 500 beating their...
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Alex E. Oliver, CFP®, CRPS® |
Tuesday, July 18, 2023
“Sell in May and go away” was once a nice sounding slogan that traders would use for the summer months. Since 1990, the S&P 500 had gained an average of just 2% during the May through October period compared to the 7% gain...
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Alex E. Oliver, CFP®, CRPS® |
Wednesday, April 19, 2023
March Madness arrived in a form beyond the annual college basketball tournaments. On March 10th, Silicon Valley Bank was taken over by the FDIC and became the second largest bank failure in U.S. history...
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Alex E. Oliver, CFP®, CRPS® |
Wednesday, January 11, 2023
The fourth quarter of 2022 saw a rebound in most asset classes, with the S&P 500 rising almost 8%, the Dow gaining 16%, and international stocks surging 17%.
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Alex E. Oliver, CFP®, CRPS® |
Tuesday, October 11, 2022
The third quarter of 2022 saw most asset classes continue their year-to-date decline as bonds, U.S. and foreign stocks, and commodities all delivered negative returns. The only positive asset class was cash (money markets).
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