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Friday, April 30, 2021 “The sun was warm but the wind was chill. You know how it is with an April day. When the sun is out and the wind is still, you’re one month on in the middle of May.” American Poet Robert Frost One of the best known investment axioms is to...
Index Performance View enlarged chart. U.S. and International Equities The major US markets were mostly lower this week. Some sectors were unable to overcome concerns about higher capital gains tax rates in the wake of positive earnings results. Markets overseas...
Earnings are off the charts Perhaps the best thing we can say about the earnings upside generated by corporate America during Q1 2021—currently more than 22%—is that growth pierced the upper end of our earnings dashboard graphic, literally off the charts. S&P 500...
Index Performance View enlarged chart. U.S. and International Equities This month provided another set of positive results for the U.S. major market indexes. The top performer was the Nasdaq, rebounding from last month’s lagging performance. International developed...
Sell In May? LPL Research punches holes in the “Sell in May” axiom and reflects on how the economic data continues to come in extremely strong as the economy opens up faster than expected in the latest LPL Market Signals podcast. Daily Insights U.S. stocks open lower...
Fixed income investments have generally played two key roles within a diversified asset allocation—generating a stable income and providing protection during equity market selloffs. While we still think high-quality fixed income investments can meet those two...