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When I was in high school, the baseball team on the north end of our county had a pitcher with a killer 12-6 curveball. He made us look silly with our big swings and misses. That is, until we figured out his signs and started hitting him hard. We could be seeing signs...

When I used to put gas in my old 1976 Monte Carlo, it would make a gargling sound about 10 seconds before the pump shut off. I always thought it was talking to me. Sometimes stocks can speak to us. On Monday, March 23, 2026, they told us they want to go higher but...

Typically, during an oil crisis, for every 30% increase in oil prices, there is a 10-15% drop in the U.S. stock market. Fervent Wealth Management is a financial management and services entity in Springfield, Missouri.

The Hormuz crisis has a second-order story almost nobody is covering, and it could hit your grocery bill harder than the gas pump. Fervent Wealth Management is a financial management and services entity in Springfield, Missouri.

Oil prices have surged 14% in the first few days as Iranian strikes on ships around the narrow Strait of Hormuz have driven energy prices into the conflict. Fervent Wealth Management is a financial management and services entity in Springfield, Missouri.

The oil markets are in the crosshairs of the potential escalation between the US and Iran. Most of the concern is about transporting oil in the volatile Middle East region, especially if there were to be a blockade of the Strait of Hormuz. Fervent Wealth Management is a financial management and services entity in Springfield, Missouri.

2026 is shaping up to be a really big year for international stocks. Many of the global indexes are outperforming the S&P 500 this year. The economic forecast outlined in this material may not develop as predicted & there can be no guarantee that strategies promoted will be successful.

The Consumer Staples sector is up over 12% year-to-date, ranking third after energy (20%) and materials (15%) among the eleven S&P 500 sectors. Fervent Wealth Management is a financial management and services entity in Springfield, Missouri.

Investors worry that artificial intelligence (AI) tools could disrupt traditional software companies’ business models. 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 US dollar is steadying after sliding on January 27th in its biggest one-day decline since April’s global tariff shock, and has been falling since Donald Trump took office a year ago.

After several years where a handful of mega-cap technology stocks dominated S&P500 performance, the first two weeks of 2026 have looked unexpectedly different. 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. Major indexes, including the Dow Jones Industrial Average, S&P 500, and Nasdaq Composite, have pulled back modestly from recent highs as investors digest a steady flow of new information.

Stocks had another strong year in 2025, enjoying their third straight year of double-digit returns. Fervent Wealth Management is a financial management and services entity in Springfield, Missouri.

With inflation proving stubborn, government borrowing rising, and political pressure on the central bank growing louder, investors are adjusting to the idea of a new Fed. Fervent Wealth Management is a financial management and services entity in Springfield, Missouri.

The Santa Claus Rally does not mean the market goes up every December, nor does it suggest guaranteed gains. It’s simply a pattern that has shown up often enough over many decades to be worth noting. Fervent Wealth Management is a financial management and services entity in Springfield, Missouri.

Crude Oil recently closed at its lowest level in nearly five years, which is bad news for oil investors but good news for consumers. This was before news of President Trump’s blockade of sanctioned oil tankers in Venezuela. Fervent Wealth Management is a financial management and services entity in Springfield, Missouri.

Twenty-ish years into the green energy transition, it’s clear that European Union (EU) leaders haven’t delivered. Carbon emissions are down, but the reality is that fewer energy jobs are available, and Europe now has some of the highest energy costs in the world.

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.