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Does the ISM Services Index Really Reflect the Real World?

Mish Talk

Supplier Deliveries is the only ISM ® Report On Business ® index that is inversed; a reading of above 50 percent indicates slower deliveries, which is typical as the economy improves and customer demand increases.) “The The rate of contraction was the fastest since August and among the sharpest on record (since October 2009).

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Market Commentary: Strong Starts to the Year Are Usually Bullish for Stocks

Carson Wealth

As long-time followers of this commentary know, we’ve been quite bullish on both the stock market and the economy for well over a year now. but all major economies based on their individual economic sensitivities, which we can then roll up to regional and global leading indicators. Could stocks fall in April? While our U.S.

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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: Stocks Are Quite Resilient

Carson Wealth

Recent sentiment polls show a high number of bears while worries about the economy and earnings continue to expand. Think back to March 2003, March 2009, and March 2020. The NASDAQ 100 Index includes publicly-traded companies from most sectors in the global economy, the major exception being financial services.

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Market Commentary: The Latest on the Banking Crisis

Carson Wealth

March hit major lows in 2003, 2009, and 2020, amidst negative headlines and sentiment. S&P 500 – A capitalization-weighted index of 500 stocks designed to measure performance of the broad domestic economy through changes in the aggregate market value of 500 stocks representing all major industries.

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Resilience is Core to Sustainable Portfolio Construction

Brown Advisory

This means that an overwhelming majority have withstood the early 2000s recession in developed markets, the 2008 to 2009 Global Financial Crisis, and the Covid-19 global pandemic. ROIC calculations presented use LFY (last fiscal year) and exclude financial services. Others such as U.S.

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Business Resilience in Portfolio Construction

Brown Advisory

This means that an overwhelming majority have withstood the early 2000s recession in developed markets, the 2008 to 2009 Global Financial Crisis, and the Covid-19 global pandemic. ROIC calculations presented use LFY (last fiscal year) and exclude financial services. Others such as U.S.