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Weekly Market Commentary – Week 99
11/19/2024

Last week, the strength of the United States economy slowed investors’ roll. Federal Reserve (Fed) Chair Jerome Powell told business leaders in Dallas, Texas, that the performance of the United States economy has been “remarkably good,” better than any major economy in the world, which gives the Fed “the ability to approach our decisions carefully.”

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Weekly Market Commentary – Week 98
11/12/2024

Stock markets celebrated the results of the presidential election. Bond markets were less enthusiastic. Last week, United States stock markets rallied, and the U.S. dollar gained against other currencies, following the presidential election.

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Weekly Market Commentary – Week 97
11/5/2024

Are we witnessing a historic event? For an airplane or a spacecraft, a soft landing occurs when the vehicle “touches

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Weekly Market Commentary – Week 96
10/28/2024

Financial markets appear to have pre-election jitters. The United States election is less than two weeks away. The candidates are

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Weekly Market Commentary – Week 95
10/21/2024

The bull market in stocks charged past its two-year birthday on October 12. “This unique bull market is still young relative to history and, for now, supported by relatively healthy breadth and broadening participation,” wrote Liz Ann Sonders and Kevin Gordon of Schwab.

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Weekly Market Commentary – Week 94
10/15/2024

There was a lot to celebrate last week! The Standard & Poor’s 500 Index closed above 5,800 for the first time—and that’s not all.

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Weekly Market Commentary – Week 93
10/8/2024

Asset allocation is important because it helps investors manage the risk and rewards of investing. In general, investments have different levels of risk and the potential return (or reward) for taking that level of risk is a higher return.

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Weekly Market Commentary – Week 92
10/1/2024

The Standard & Poor’s (S&P) 500 Index hit a new all-time high last week. The S&P 500 has had quite

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Weekly Market Commentary – Week 91
9/23/2024

Rates moved lower and stocks moved higher. In 2022, the United States Federal Reserve (Fed) began raising interest rates as

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Weekly Market Commentary – Week 90
9/17/2024

Inflation continued to trend lower. The Consumer Price Index showed that inflation was 2.5 percent year over year (yoy) in August.

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