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In the past week, stocks went up but have been feeling inflation pressure. Inflation continues to be the big topic in the stock market in October.

Since this bull market started at the beginning of 2009, the S&P 500 index, which tracks the 500 largest companies on the stock exchange, has beat analysts’ earnings expectations 47 out of 48 quarters according to the Wall Street Journal.

The last eighteen months have been a crazy ride with the market and economy.

The 50-day moving average helps us see trends in stock to see where the stock or index is gaining strength or showing weakness by drawing a line on the chart that shows the average closing price from the past 50 trading sessions.

The first two weeks of September have been the worst of the year. There have been a few negative reports, but nothing major enough to justify investors’ fears.

This week Argus Research Company lowered their GDP forecast by 11%. Goldman Sachs lowered its forecast for the remainder of the year because of a “harder path ahead” for consumer spending.

September has historically been the S&P 500’s worst month of the year for returns and since 1980, September has been the only month to average a loss.

It’s easy to be overly confident when we see the Dow Jones or the S&P 500 indexes on the nightly news.

Investors seem to be concerned about higher Covid numbers and the potential for more restrictions that could affect the companies they are investing in.

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics released the latest CPI numbers on August 11th which showed the CPI had increased 0.5% in July, which was expected and was the smallest gain in five months.

I manage investments but in reality, I am helping people with retirement. Here are seven pieces of wisdom I have been thinking about lately as I work with my clients.

Going into the third full trading week of July, the S&P 500 is still close to its all-time high, but the stock market seems to have stalled and hasn’t moved steadily higher since late in June.

The Labor Department issued its latest Job Openings and Labor Turnover report (JOLTS) which showed that U.S. job openings went up 0.2% to 9.2 million to set another record in May.

Each year since 2010 the Federal Reserve conducts a stress test on America’s largest banks in accordance with the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act.

Be like China? Nobody ever says that, but maybe our country should consider it. At least in one area.

On June 16, the Federal Reserve decided to maintain the federal funds rate at the very low 0.00-0.25% at its Open Market Committee meeting held last Wednesday.

The GDP gets a Side Hustle. The GDP is still finding its footing after being smacked in the face by the big wave of the pandemic.

As of June 8, 2021 the S&P’s forward P/E ratio is 21.5x. Numbers are numbers, but when they are compared to themselves at different times, we see a story.