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Market Commentary: Carson Investment Research Looks at the Year Ahead

Carson Wealth

Carson Investment Research 2024 Market Outlook: Seeing Eye to Eye We are targeting a total return of 11-13% for the S&P 500 Index in 2024 and 4-6% for the Bloomberg U.S. Market participants, strategists, policymakers, and the economy rarely saw eye to eye. Aggregate Bond Index. What a strange year we had in 2023.

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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. Pockets of attractive valuations exist despite above-average valuations in some high-profile areas of the market. economy, and the job market is leading the way. on average. Payroll growth picked up in recent months.

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Market Commentary: Earnings Season Flouts Calendar Effects

Carson Wealth

We Aren’t Alone Anymore A year ago, we told anyone who would listen that the economy would likely avoid a recession and stocks were going to have a great year. Since avoiding a recession is normal, falling concern about the economy isn’t contrarian in itself, but we do lose some extra fuel from bearish views unwinding.

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Investment Perspectives | Confidence

Brown Advisory

Investment Perspectives | Confidence ajackson Tue, 11/12/2019 - 16:31 Despite making new highs recently, U.S. Among the concerns breeding skepticism about the economy and the markets are on-again/off-again trade negotiations, disruption of supply chains, declines in manufacturing activity, and sluggish capital spending.

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Investment Perspectives | Confidence

Brown Advisory

Investment Perspectives | Confidence. Among the concerns breeding skepticism about the economy and the markets are on-again/off-again trade negotiations, disruption of supply chains, declines in manufacturing activity, and sluggish capital spending. Tue, 11/12/2019 - 16:31. Despite making new highs recently, U.S.

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Equity Beat: Is A Continuation Of The Market Rally A Bridge Too Far?

Brown Advisory

The question for investors today is whether this optimistic scenario is largely priced into valuations. Additionally, the elevated valuation multiple is founded on an expectation of 11-12% EPS growth in 2024, at a time when near-term earnings expectations have been substantially lowered. At year-end, the S&P 500 Index traded at 19.5x

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Investment Perspectives | Managing Risk

Brown Advisory

Investment Perspectives | Managing Risk ajackson Wed, 08/01/2018 - 10:37 In 1963, Bob Dylan warned us that the times, they are a-changin’—and while he wasn’t talking about capital markets, his words ring as true today for investors as they did for those growing up in the turbulent '60s. From an economic perspective, growth in the U.S.