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As we head into December, the job market will continue to steer market sentiment. Healthy employment is critical to sustaining consumer spending, especially during the important holiday shopping period. Fervent Wealth Management is a financial management and services entity in Springfield, Missouri.

Interestingly, the popular Energy sector is down this week mainly due to the possibility of a Russia-Ukraine peace deal. Fervent Wealth Management is a financial management and services entity in Springfield, Missouri.

Global stock indexes are still reeling from four consecutive days of stock selloffs. The four-day selloff, which began on November 13th, saw the Dow fall 4.5%, its sharpest four-day decline since 1999. Fervent Wealth Management is a financial management and services entity in Springfield, Missouri.

When the market is rising, it’s tempting to think price doesn’t matter anymore. After all, when stocks continue to reach new highs, it can feel like the fundamentals have shifted. Fervent Wealth Management is a financial management and services entity in Springfield, Missouri.

There is wisdom in having international holdings in your portfolio. It gives you diversification because global stocks and other governments are not in lockstep with the US. Fervent Wealth Management is a financial management and services entity in Springfield, Missouri.

Leveraged single-stock ETFs use derivative contracts (borrowed money) to magnify the return of a single stock. Leveraged funds, which track stock indexes, have been around for a few years, but the high-risk leveraged single-stock ETF hit the markets in 2022. Fervent Wealth Management is a financial management and services entity in Springfield, Missouri.

We are beginning to see some increased turbulence (market volatility), but is it a change to overall market conditions or is it a few isolated mistakes by companies? Fervent Wealth Management is a financial management and services entity in Springfield, Missouri.

Investment-wise, big banks are often the first to report earnings each quarter and are considered bellwethers for investors. Fervent Wealth Management is a financial management and services entity in Springfield, Missouri.

Gold’s reputation rests on centuries of use, scarcity, and universal acceptability. Unlike bonds or stocks, it pays no interest. Fervent Wealth Management is a financial management and services entity in Springfield, Missouri.

Fervent Wealth Management is a financial management and services entity in Springfield, Missouri. The S&P 500’s average return in October over the last decade has been approximately 2%.

Fervent Wealth Management is a financial management and services entity in Springfield, Missouri. When the Federal Reserve (Fed) cut the federal funds rate by 25 basis points last week, many people expected mortgage rates to start falling fast.

Inflation remains above the central bank’s 2% target, but signs of a cooling labor market — slower job creation, rising jobless claims — appear to have convinced policymakers that keeping rates elevated may do more harm than good. Fervent Wealth Management is a financial management and services entity in Springfield, Missouri.

The interest rate on 30-year government bonds, known as the yield, reached 5.75%, a level last seen in the 1990s. At the same time, US 30-year bond yields were at 4.88%. Fervent Wealth Management is a financial management and services entity in Springfield, Missouri.

For nearly a century, September has been the S&P 500’s weakest month. Since 1928, the index has averaged a decline of just over one percent and has finished lower more than half the time—worse than any other month of the year. Fervent Wealth Management is a financial management and services entity in Springfield, Missouri.

Tariffs are no longer the US’s primary source of revenue, but they do generate direct revenue for the US government, providing an additional income stream to traditional taxation. Fervent Wealth Management is a financial management and services entity in Springfield, Missouri.

The S&P 500 has been trading down on the heels of the Nasdaq index, which continues to slide, putting more downside pressure on investors to pause on tech stocks. Fervent Wealth Management is a financial management and services entity in Springfield, Missouri.

For decades, the S&P 500 has been the yardstick by which portfolios, mutual funds, and even entire investment strategies are judged. Fervent Wealth Management is a financial management and services entity in Springfield, Missouri.