Following a week in which investors took pause and focused on the negatives, they reversed course last week and pushed equity prices higher. A number of factors seemed to contribute to the positive tone, not the least of which was an indication f...
The trend is your friend, until it ends. As the stock market rallies, S&P Capital IQ Equity Strategist Sam Stovall believes we’re overdue for a correction of 10 to 20 percent. It’s been 32 months without such a decline, while we...
Are there too many mutual funds out there? Or not enough?
Just as the World Cup has been heating up, increasing the risk of player mistakes, the world consumer price index (CPI) has also been heating up.
Professional athletes may act like they’ve got millions to throw around, but many don’t...
Federal income tax rates are uniform across the country, but that’s only part of the story. State and local taxes have a huge impact on investment returns and retirement.
Source: The Tax Foundation
Make no mistake: Higher oil prices are a headwind for an economy that doesn’t need one. But in context, it’s a relatively minor headwind, and not great cause for concern at this point.
