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For 2022, Let Gratitude Be Your Attitude!
Throughout the year, our goal is to provide our clients a wealth of consistent and pertinent information on financial markets and economic topics.
Proactive Year-end Tax Planning for 2021 and Beyond: Including Key Tax Change Proposals
One of our main goals as holistic financial professionals is to help our clients recognize tax reduction opportunities within their investment portfolios and overall financial planning strategies.
Quarterly Economic Update Third Quarter 2021
Equity markets ended the third quarter with mixed results. The quarter started with strong earnings reports lifting many large U.S. stocks during the summer…
Anticipating Rising Interest Rates
Interest rates play a crucial role in the American economic system. They influence the return on savings, the costs of borrowing and can have a bearing on the direction of many investments.
Research
Key Themes for Bonds in the Second Half of 2024 | Weekly Market Commentary | July 22, 2024
The first half of the year was a challenging environment for a lot of fixed income markets, especially higher-quality markets.
Quarterly Economic Update Second Quarter 2024
Equity and bond markets began the second quarter of 2024 with a rough start, thanks to the Federal Reserve’s decision not to reduce interest rates due to stubbornly high inflation rates. However, during the quarter, strong performances from companies tied to...
Key Themes for Stocks in the Second Half of 2024 | Weekly Market Commentary | July 15, 2024
With the release of the LPL Research Midyear Outlook 2024: Still Waiting for the Turn, in this week’s commentary we pull out key themes from the publication and add some context for our views given stocks have continued to rally — with Thursday a glaring exception as stocks sold off, somewhat surprisingly, after a good consumer inflation report.
Double-Digit Earnings Growth on Tap | Weekly Market Commentary | July 1, 2024
LPL Research believes stocks have gotten a bit over their skis, but earnings season may not be the catalyst for a pullback in the near term given all signs point to another solid earnings season and stocks have mostly performed well during the peak weeks of reporting season in recent years.