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FDP Special Market Commentary
We’re in a period of high market volatility and you may feel helpless to do anything but watch your hard earned portfolio decrease in value. Although you might feel a high level of fear about entering the market with new funds, if you’re sitting on cash inflation may be working against you.
A Long Plateau
Chatter that the rate of inflation was on a downward path appears to have hit a snag after the August release of the Consumer Price Index (CPI). Core inflation isn’t rising on a monthly basis, but it isn’t slowing either. As the graphic suggests, it’s been a long plateau.
When Good News is Bad News
Stocks performed well against the backdrop of modest economic growth, which fueled corporate profit growth. Low inflation and modest economic growth limited interest rate hikes by the Federal Reserve, further underpinning equities.
How to Best Position Your Company for Sale
Just as you can prepare a home to maximize the sale price, so too there are many ways to improve the valuation of your company. Some changes may only be on paper, others require looking at how you do business.
Quarterly Market Summary and Outlook – July 2022
The U.S. economy remains on stable footing, supported by a strong labor market, healthy balance sheets, and solid consumer spending.
FDP Special Market Commentary
Behavioral Finance and the underlying study of “investment biases” forms a foundation for the tug-of-war that investors sense between their analytical brains and their emotions. Here are seven common biases that may be impacting your investment performance.
FDP In The News
The WSJ published an article about the increases in prices for Universal Life and Term Insurance products resulting from disruption to the bond and mortgage markets.
Quarterly Market Summary and Outlook – April 2020
Coupled with low interest rates and forecasts for accelerating profit growth, stocks repeatedly hit new highs.
Quarterly Market Summary and Outlook – January 2020
The decade began under a dark cloud. The U.S. was climbing out of the Great Recession, and many wondered whether the economy might flounder for years.
Quarterly Market Summary and Outlook – October 2019
Every major stock index we follow has the same quarterly pattern for 2019: a sensationally strong Q1, a significant slowdown in Q2, and even slower Q3 returns.
Quarterly Market Summary and Outlook – April 2019
The first quarter feels as if it has been the mirror image of the final quarter of 2018. Economic conditions are far from robust, but investors have jumped back into stocks, brushing aside fresh concerns.
The Year Volatility Returned, 2018 Financial Market Summary and Outlook
The lack of volatility in 2017 was nearly unprecedented. We witnessed 310 trading days without two consecutive daily pullbacks in the S&P 500 Index of at least 0.5%, according to research from Bespoke Group.