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Weekly Market Insights – November 20, 2023

Cornerstone Financial Advisory

The rally paused in the final days of trading as stocks digested their gains and investors assessed weak retail sales and industrial production reports and a rise in continuing jobless claims. 6 This Week: Key Economic Data Tuesday: Existing Home Sales. Investment Advisor Representative, Cambridge Investment Research Advisors, Inc.,

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Resilient Consumers Have Not Saved Retail Stocks | Weekly Market Commentary | December 5, 2022

James Hendries

Economic and corporate data support the initial strong reads on holiday retail sales despite the macro headwinds, reinforcing the idea that today’s consumer is in a better position than usual at this point in the business cycle. Will a Resilient Consumer Support Holiday Retail?

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Market Review 2021: A Recovery Amid Challenges

ClearMoney

The distribution of vaccines and the easing of lockdowns were followed by an economic rebound, but the emergence of new variants would be a setback for the recovery. Another market curiosity arose in early 2021, when individual investors and others helped bid up shares of videogame retailer GameStop, as Exhibit 3 shows.

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Should you die and go to hell before selling an annuity?

Sara Grillo

He is a flat fee advisor; not a licensed insurance agent. I am a CFA® charterholder and financial advisor marketing consultant. I have a newsletter in which I talk about financial advisor lead generation topics which is best described as “fun and irreverent.” Should advisors go to hell before selling an annuity?

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No Landing = No Sense | Weekly Market Commentary | March 6, 2023

James Hendries

Economic activity does not stop like an airplane eventually does, but rather the economy will settle into a steady state where growth is consistent with factors such as population and productivity. Perhaps that was not the first time market watchers used the term, but the conversations at the Economic Club of New York were prescient.

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Xi Jinping’s Influence to be Tested | Weekly Market Commentary | October 3, 2022

James Hendries

Given the country’s weak economy, due in large part to stringent zero-COVID-19 measures that have led to strict and prolonged lockdowns, coupled with a debt-laden property market, authorities in Beijing and throughout the Chinese provinces will need to focus on reviving the country’s economic underpinning. from an earlier forecast of 5%.

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Low Bar for Earnings Season | Weekly Market Commentary | October 17, 2022

James Hendries

The challenges are many, with intense cost pressures and slowing economic growth at the top of the list. These headwinds include slower economic growth, cost pressures amid high inflation, ongoing supply chain issues, geopolitical instability in Europe and Asia, and significant currency drag from a very strong U.S. Numerous Headwinds.