Stocks continued to rally in July despite elevated COVID-19 cases in many US states and globally, as well as evidence that the economic recovery was leveling off based on high-frequency economic data. Low interest rates amid ongoing massive stimulus and optimism...
Stocks continued their strong run in June, despite rising COVID-19 cases in several western and southern states. Reopening progress, better-than-expected economic data, optimism around vaccine prospects, and the likelihood of more stimulus offered support. We have...
Investment Takeaways Market pundits may have to revisit the popular “Sell in May” adage as stocks rose for the seventh May in the past eight years. The disconnect between the strong stock market rally in the S&P 500 Index from March lows and the economic impact...
Investment Takeaways As May began, investors continued to try to reconcile the strong rebound in stocks with the devastating economic damage from COVID-19. Given the strength of the rally since the March lows, in our view, the risk of a correction in the short term...
Investment Takeaways We continue to follow our Road to Recovery Playbook to determine where we are in the stock market’s bottoming process. We believe the proces is well underway, and we anticipate having visibility into a peak in COVID-19 cases soon—our key to stocks...
