by Jeff Krumpelman, CFA® | Jun 8, 2023 | Insights
When you’re chewing on life’s gristle, don’t grumble, give a whistle and … always look on the bright side of life. — Lyrics from “Always Look on the Bright Side of Life” from the film “Life of Brian” Taking a look back at May market activity, the S&P 500 extended...
by Jeff Krumpelman, CFA® | May 9, 2023 | Insights
You’ve got yourself stuck in a moment, And now you can’t get out of it.— Chorus from a U2 song Not much has changed in the last six months, going all the way back to November 2022. Since then, the S&P 500 has traded in a relatively tight range of somewhere between...
by Jeff Krumpelman, CFA® | Apr 6, 2023 | Insights
“Genius is nothing but a greater aptitude for patience.”— George-Louis de Buffon, well-known 18th century naturalist Investors have been bombarded with a set of head-spinning headlines this month and this year, but the market has absolutely taken it in stride. We...
by Jeff Krumpelman, CFA® | Mar 6, 2023 | Insights
Be curious, not judgmental.”— attributed to Walt Whitman. The nice break in January represented a respite from negative karma in 2022. The S&P 500 surged more than 6% in January, and leadership clearly centered on the more aggressive areas of this large-cap...
by Jeff Krumpelman, CFA® | Feb 2, 2023 | Insights
The U.S. stock market broke out of the gate in style and good fashion in this new year. It provided a nice breather from the negativity we all felt throughout 2022. The S&P 500 advanced over 6% in January, which marked the best January for this index since...
by Jeff Krumpelman, CFA® | Jan 5, 2023 | Insights
Last year was simply painful. All three major large-cap U.S. equity indices were in the red. The Dow Jones Industrial Average declined 8.8%, the S&P 500 fell 19.4%, and the tech-laden Nasdaq took a -33.1% nosedive.¹ Headlines note that this was the weakest...
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