FinSyn Insights
Weekly insights on the markets, economy, and financial planning
- April 27, 2022
- Mike Minter
The first quarter 2022 market downturn squeezed equity and fixed-income asset classes alike. As investors, we've all grown accustomed to pull-backs in stocks, but not like the simultaneous stock and bond drawdowns of the magnitude we just witnessed.
- April 27, 2022
- Mike Minter
The S&P 500 dropped 2.8% this week, unable to get past concerns about rising rates and the Fed's hawkish mindset.
- April 27, 2022
- Mike Booker
There has been a fair amount of talk about a possible recession coming to us in the near future. I want to discuss what that means and also give a bit of historical context so that we understand the recession when a recession actually shows up.
- April 27, 2022
- Mike Minter
For investors, the temptation to focus on short-term trading at the expense of long-term investing is a powerful one.
- April 18, 2022
- Mike Minter
Last week was shortened in observance of Good Friday, but it was a "Bad Week" for the growth stocks amid upwards pressure in interest rates.
- April 18, 2022
- Mike Minter
The first quarter of 2022 was rough, and your upcoming quarterly statements are not going to be any fun to look at. You'll be seeing red (okay technically we don't use the color red, but negative numbers).
- April 11, 2022
- Mike Minter
After a historically calm 2021, volatility returned in the first quarter of 2022, as inflation surged to 40-year highs, the Federal Reserve promised to raise interest rates faster than previously thought, and Russia surprised the world with a full-scale military invasion of Ukraine, marking the first major military conflict in Europe in decades.
- April 11, 2022
- Mike Minter
Investors faced historic challenges during the first quarter of the year as markets fell into correction territory.
- April 4, 2022
- Mike Minter
The S&P 500 eked out a 0.1% gain this week, on the heels of closing out the first negative quarter in two years (-4.6%).
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