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December 2021
Tightening
The Weekly Update Week of December 20th, 2021 By Christopher T. Much, CFP®, AIF® Stock prices retreated last week as global central banks joined the Federal Reserve ...
Lion or Lamb?
The Weekly Update Week of December 13th, 2021 By Christopher T. Much, CFP®, AIF® A more benign reassessment of the possible economic risk posed by Omicron sent ...
Mixed Data
The Weekly Update Week of December 6th, 2021 By Christopher T. Much, CFP®, AIF® Stocks took investors on a wild ride last week as the Omicron variant ...
November 2021
Sell Off
The Weekly Update Week of November 29th, 2021 By Christopher T. Much, CFP®, AIF® News of a new, highly virulent COVID variant triggered a market sell-off on ...
Battling Cross-Currents
The Weekly Update Week of November 22nd, 2021 By Christopher T. Much, CFP®, AIF® Stocks were mixed last week in choppy trading as investors battled the crosscurrents ...
Prices Rising
The Weekly Update Week of November 15th, 2021 By Christopher T. Much, CFP®, AIF® Stocks posted small declines last week as investors digested recent stock market gains ...
Powering Higher
The Weekly Update Week of November 8th, 2021 By Christopher T. Much, CFP®, AIF® A Federal Reserve announcement on tapering, a fresh batch of corporate profits, and ...
Surprises Continue
The Weekly Update Week of November 1st, 2021 By Christopher T. Much, CFP®, AIF® A fresh wave of positive corporate earnings surprises sent markets to new record ...
October 2021
Earnings Surprises
The Weekly Update Week of October 25th, 2021 By Christopher T. Much, CFP®, AIF® Stocks rallied last week on a stream of positive corporate earnings surprises. The ...
Optimism Returns
The Weekly Update Week of October 18th, 2021 By Christopher T. Much, CFP®, AIF® A strong opening to the third-quarter earnings season sparked a late week, broad-based ...
Debt Ceiling
The Weekly Update Week of October 11th, 2021 By Christopher T. Much, CFP®, AIF® The overhang of bumping against the federal debt ceiling was lifted last week ...
Legislative Stalemate
The Weekly Update Week of October 4th, 2021 By Christopher T. Much, CFP®, AIF® Higher bond yields and a legislative stalemate in Washington, D.C., added up to ...
September 2021
Whipsaw
The Weekly Update Week of September 27th, 2021 By Christopher T. Much, CFP®, AIF® Stocks prices were whipsawed last week, dragged initially lower by financial contagion worries ...
The Economic Pulse
The Weekly Update Week of September 20th, 2021 By Christopher T. Much, CFP®, AIF® Stocks weakened ahead of this week’s Federal Reserve meeting and amid persistent concerns ...
Simmering Concerns
The Weekly Update Week of September 13th, 2021 By Christopher T. Much, CFP®, AIF® In a quiet week of news, stocks moved lower amid simmering concerns over ...
Mixed Market, Mixed Employment
The Weekly Update Week of September 6th, 2021 By Christopher T. Much, CFP®, AIF® Stocks were mixed last week amid conflicting economic data and continued spread of ...
August 2021
Powering Up
The Weekly Update Week of August 30th, 2021 By Christopher T. Much, CFP®, AIF® The stock market powered to record levels last week amid talk of Fed ...
Unsettled
The Weekly Update Week of August 23rd, 2021 By Christopher T. Much, CFP®, AIF® Stocks turned lower last week amid the increasing probability of a Fed tapering, ...
Quietly Climbing
The Weekly Update Week of August 16th, 2021 By Christopher T. Much, CFP®, AIF® Looking past inflation figures and Delta variant trends, stocks last week found a ...
Push and Pull
The Weekly Update Week of August 9th, 2021 By Christopher T. Much, CFP®, AIF® Overcoming jitters about the Delta variant and the reintroduction of mask requirements, stocks ...
Under Pressure
The Weekly Update Week of August 2nd, 2021 By Christopher T. Much, CFP®, AIF® The stock market posted small losses last week despite a very strong showing ...
