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10 Wednesday AM Reads

The Big Picture

My mid-week morning train WFH reads: • The pandemic has broken a closely followed survey of sentiment: Americans’ opinions about the state of the economy have diverged from reality : Americans are gloomy about the state of the economy. In fact, the average drawdown from all-time highs for the S&P since 1950 is close to 10%. (

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The Equity Beat: Old Economy Stocks Aging Like Fine Wine

Brown Advisory

The Equity Beat: Old Economy Stocks Aging Like Fine Wine mhannan Fri, 08/11/2023 - 17:10 Unlike my good friends who frequent Baltimore’s finest dining establishments about as often as the division-leading Orioles win (you know who you are), I would never be confused for a wine connoisseur. was only marginally better.

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Market Commentary: Another October Low Forming?

Carson Wealth

The economy has strong momentum, with growth accelerating since the first half of the year. Retail and food service sales have increased at an 8.6% Through June 2023, the economy grew 2.4% Since then, the economy has accelerated. The September retail and food services sales data underlined the economy’s momentum.

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Market Commentary: Reasons To Be Thankful

Carson Wealth

The economy remains strong, the consumer is healthy, the wall of worry is intact, and manufacturing is bottoming. The Consumer Is Strong We’ve been hearing for two years that the consumer was tapped out and the economy was headed for a recession. Retail investors sold stocks to the tune of $15.6 But that was just a survey.

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Angel One Vs Motilal Oswal – Future Plans and More

Trade Brains

Angel One Vs Motilal Oswal The number of retail investors in India has boomed in recent years with the onset of the pandemic. This benefited multiple companies that earn from activities in the financial markets. Both of them have millions of clients and offer financial services.

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Market Commentary: The Dow’s on a Winning Streak

Carson Wealth

economy has accelerated over the past year, defying calls of recession amid the Fed’s aggressive rate hikes. In sum: Not only is there no recession, but the economy does not even appear to be headed for a “landing” at this point. Consumption was Strong Retail sales rose at a 4.7% Right now, it says the economy grew 2.4%

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Market Commentary: More Seasonal Choppiness

Carson Wealth

At the same time, we do not expect Fed members to even hint that they’re thinking about cutting rates any time soon, especially since the economy continues to show strength, as evidenced by relatively strong retail sales and industrial production data last week. This newsletter was written and produced by CWM, LLC.