Economic Blog The US labor market shrugged off election uncertainty and continued to add jobs in October. Despite the waning effects of fiscal stimulus and rising COVID-19 cases, per the US Bureau of Labor Statistics, the US economy added 638,000 … Continue reading
Economic Blog In recent months, we have warmed up to Europe as a destination for equity investments in global portfolios. Through July, Europe had done a relatively good job containing the first wave of COVID-19, and cases were plummeting to … Continue reading
Market Blog Index Performance S&P 500 Index: .7% Dow Jones Industrial Average: 0% Nasdaq Composite: 2.7%
Economic Blog We check in again today on some of the real-time economic data that LPL Research is monitoring to provide insight into how the latest increase in COVID-19 cases and the rollback of certain reopening measures are affecting the … Continue reading
Market Blog Index Performance S&P 500 Index: 1.8% Dow Jones Industrial Average: 1.0% Nasdaq Composite: 4.0%
Economic Blog We check in again today on some of the real-time economic data that LPL Research is monitoring to provide valuable insights into the current state of the US economy, even as traditional economic data is too slow to … Continue reading
Market Blog Index Performance – Week ending 6/26/20 S&P 500 Index: -2.9% Dow Jones Industrial Average: -3.3% Nasdaq Composite: -1.9%
Market Blog The S&P 500 Index flirted with closing above 3,000 yesterday, even as much of the economic data is some of the worst we’ve ever seen in our lifetimes. We are often asked how this is possible. The reality … Continue reading
Market Blog The number of COVID-19 tests in the US has ramped up significantly, which is a major step to defeating this terrible pandemic. “We know we need more testing to help quickly isolate those infected, and last week we … Continue reading
Market Blog We continue to follow our Road to Recovery Playbook for help determining where the market is in its bottoming process and yesterday we upgraded Signal #1, confidence in timing of a peak in new COVID-19 cases, to “Already there.” “Three … Continue reading