Strategic Investment Partners stays on top of the financial trends across many sources and while it can be difficult for you to have the time to research all financial trends, we summarize everything here is our monthly newsletters.
We continue to like the set up for stocks and bonds in 2024. February posted strong returns for stocks even as the yield on the 10-year U.S. Treasury moved higher.
The first five trading days of trading in January were down -0.13% for the S&P 500 but reversed to finish the month positive. This has positive implications for...
The “first five days” theory is an old market adage that suggests that if the first five trading days of the year have a positive return, then full year returns are likely to be positive...
Stock and bond returns were noticeably strong during the month of November largely due to declining interest rates. Recall that we alerted clients to the fact that...
The S&P 500 declined -4.87%, the NASDAQ Composite lost -5.81%, the Russell 2000 dipped -6.03% and the MSCI ACWI index fell -3.11% during September...
A spike in interest rates during the month of August led to weak returns across most markets. In addition, recall that we warned last month that August and September tend to...
The month of July saw a continued mixture of positive economic news releases and signs that inflation has peaked. We have suggested in the past that...
The month of June had an impressive start with the release of payroll data that was much stronger than investors anticipated. The economy added 339,000 jobs...
Despite the continued chorus of negativity from politicians, news outlets and financial media, large cap stocks continue to deliver positive results while small caps...
The stock market rally that began on October 13, 2022, continued throughout most of January to mercifully start the year on a positive note. Notably, the first five trading days…
One of the most important events heading into March was supposed to the the Federal Reserve Board (Fed) Chair Jarome Powell's testimony to the Senate Banking…