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Market Commentary: S&P 500 Approaching All-Time High but US Economic Momentum Slowing

Carson Wealth

Since 1980, only 2020 would be better than 2025 so far. Other years that saw big returns after down days were 2003, 2008, 2009, 2020, and of course now. The Dow has gained double digits in one day nine times, with the most recent coming off the COVID lows on March 24, 2020. It fell 20.5% The best single day ever was a 15.3%

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Market Commentary: Sentiment Remains Extreme as Fed Warns of Risks

Carson Wealth

The survey also showed the largest two-month jump in cash since April 2020 and the 4 th highest recession expectations ever. The level of tariffs has been much higher than expected, and as a result the expected economic impact is likely to be higher too. We still have no idea where tariffs will end up, let alone the economic impact.

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Market Commentary: Seasonal Tailwinds Ahead, but First an Election

Carson Wealth

We will say this about the election — we could see some market volatility this week, although the extra days it took to determine the winner in 2020 actually saw market strength. If economic growth is expected to be strong, there’s presumably less reason for the Fed to cut rates by a lot. But those numbers are backward looking.

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Market Commentary: Swift Election Results Boost Investors’ Confidence

Carson Wealth

Many noted how the 2022 midterms came in much closer to expectations and that maybe this time so would the presidential election, but this is yet another election involving President Trump that saw his eventual numbers come in better than expected, similar to 2016 and 2020. when President Biden won in 2020. The S&P 500 soared 2.5%

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Market Commentary: Looking Back on a Near-Bear Market

Carson Wealth

It makes sense that commodities have underperformed stock downturns often happen during periods of economic weakness, when lower demand weighs on commodity prices.) The survey also showed the largest two-month jump in cash since April 2020 and the 4 th highest recession expectations ever.

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Market Commentary: Stocks Finally Take a Breather

Carson Wealth

Despite the tendency to view the president as responsible for the economy, the president alone often has a relatively small impact compared to broader economic forces. This didn’t work in 2020, but it has worked 20 out of the last 24 elections.” As with many of these numbers, we would take this with a grain of salt.

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Transcript: Jonathan Clements

The Big Picture

I did it during the coronavirus collapse in 2020, and I did it again in 2022. It was just a struggle from day one, particularly in the regulatory environment that is the securities business between lawyers and compliance people. And I think it partly depends on the economic comfort in which you grew up. I did it in 2000, 2002.