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Market Commentary: Bull Keeps Going, 15 Years Since Global Financial Crisis

Carson Wealth

The bottom line is the economy is strong because the labor market is strong. The S&P 500 fell an eventual 57% from its October 2007 peak before bottoming on March 9, 2009, and finally ending the global financial crisis (GFC) bear market. The global economy was in shambles, and people were losing their jobs all around.

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Market Commentary: This Is What Normal Looks Like

Carson Wealth

That is more than the economy needs to keep up with population growth. That’s encouraging for consumption and the economy. The Labor Market Is Also Normalizing At the beginning of the year, we labeled our 2023 outlook “The Edge of Normal” as we expected markets and the economy to normalize in 2023. Wage growth remains strong.

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Market Commentary: Checking In on Market Fundamentals

Carson Wealth

economy continues to look solid, with markets rallying Friday after a stronger-than-expected jobs report. Of course, markets will ultimately respond to movement in the economy and corporate America, which we discuss below. economy, and the job market is leading the way. last week, getting the first quarter off to a slow start.

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Market Commentary: U.S. Debt Downgrade Should Have Minimal Impact

Carson Wealth

debt was downgraded for a second time in history, but we do not expect this to have much impact on the bull market or the strength of the economy. The economy is growing and normalizing. Lastly, the economy continues to surprise to the upside (discussed further below), so the timing of this downgrade is questionable. on average.

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Market Commentary: S&P 500 Index Hits a New All-Time High

Carson Wealth

For a broad view of our expectations for the economy, stocks, and bonds in 2024, download our 2024 Market Outlook. That bear eventually ended in October 2022, and since then stocks have defied many experts, who continually (and incorrectly) touted a weakening economy, tapped-out consumer, and many other reasons to doubt the new bull market.

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Market Commentary: Cautiously Optimistic on Markets

Carson Wealth

Then Silicon Valley Bank crashed in early March, raising fears the economy would buckle if a widespread banking crisis followed. The economy was creating about 180,000 jobs a month prior to the pandemic and needs 100,000 or so to keep up with population growth. Short answer: No. It is currently more than doubling that amount.

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Top IT Stocks in 2023 – Best IT Stocks In Indian Stock Market

Trade Brains

Top 10 IT Stocks in 2023: The IT sector is known to be one of the most crucial industries in our global economy as it is the major driver of employment and also this sector keeps growing and evolving with time and increasing technological advancements in. 9) Oracle Financial Services Software Limited. Mindtree Ltd.