Seeing the Forest Through the Trees
In this week’s edition of the LifePro Asset Management Market & Portfolio Review, our head of Wealth Management, Robert Reaburn, reviews the prospects for investors to close out the year now that the stock market has broken out from its recent consolidation, and whether now remains a good time to invest or if profit taking is warranted.
Robert also reviews developments across the labor and consumer market and whether the health of these two key areas of the U.S. economy are backing the recent upward move in stock prices. Additionally, we analyze corporate earnings results and what companies themselves are telling us about the health of the global economy and the U.S. consumer.
We also go over how the stock market has performed in prior mid-cycle economic adjustment cycles. In other words, what did the stock market do when the U.S. Federal Reserve effectively responded to a mid-cycle slowdown vs. when the Federal Reserve did not decisively act, and what does it mean for investors today? Lastly, we quickly review the level of credit risk in the system and the impact of seasonality and investor sentiment on stock returns.
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