Ryan Detrick
Holy Smokes, Are the Lows In?
In this week’s episode of Facts vs Feelings, Ryan Detrick, Chief Market Strategist, and Sonu Varghese, VP, Global Macro Strategist, break down the surprising market rally, major developments in the U.S.-China trade situation, and what the latest economic signals mean for investors. After weeks of tariff tension and fear of global slowdown, calmer heads may finally …
Ryan Detrick
May 14, 2025
Why This Rally Is Like a Beach Ball Under Water
“Far more money has been lost by investors preparing for corrections, or trying to anticipate corrections, than has been lost in corrections themselves.” Peter Lynch, famed mutual fund manager What a few months for investors. After crashing more than 10% only two days after Liberation Day on April 2, fear and panic were in the …
Ryan Detrick
May 13, 2025
Slowing, Not Cracking
In the latest episode of Facts vs Feelings, Ryan Detrick, Chief Market Strategist, and Sonu Varghese, VP, Global Macro Strategist, dive into the messy, muddy Q1 GDP report and break down why the headline number might be misleading. They also explain the disconnect between public sentiment and actual economic data, touch on Warren Buffett’s retirement announcement, …
Ryan Detrick
May 7, 2025
About Last Month
“It is human nature to overestimate risk and underestimate opportunity.” Jeff Bezos, Executive Chairman and Former CEO, Amazon What an end to April, and May is off to a strong start as well. In fact, the S&P 500 finished higher the last seven days of April, trying the longest win streak to end that month …
Ryan Detrick
May 6, 2025
Why We Think You Shouldn’t Sell in May
“The first principle is that you must not fool yourself—and you are the easiest person to fool.” Richard Feynman, American theoretical physicist Buckle up, as the trigger points for one of the most well-known investment axioms, “Sell in May and go away,” is nearly here. This gets a ton of play in the media, as …
Ryan Detrick
April 30, 2025
Did the Stock Market Win the Tariff Throwdown?
In the latest episode of Facts vs Feelings, Ryan Detrick, Chief Market Strategist, and Sonu Varghese, VP, Global Macro Strategist, dissect the market’s strong rally amid tariff turmoil and examine whether policy pullbacks from Washington are signaling a win for the stock market. The duo also dives into technical indicators, sentiment extremes, earnings expectations, and …
Ryan Detrick
April 30, 2025
Houston, We Have A Zweig Breadth Thrust and Four More Bullish Developments
“One of the frustrating things for people who miss the first rally in a bull market is that they wait for the big correction, and it never comes. The market just keeps climbing and climbing.” Martin Zweig, American stock investor What a difference three days makes. After a 2.4% drop on Monday, the S&P …
Ryan Detrick
April 25, 2025
Cathie Wood is Back!
In the latest episode of Facts vs Feelings, Ryan Detrick, Chief Market Strategist, and Sonu Varghese, VP, Global Macro Strategist, are joined by Cathie Wood of Ark Invest to unpack the state of innovation in finance, the market’s reaction to tariffs, and the evolving role of AI, Bitcoin, and government in shaping the future economy. …
Ryan Detrick
April 23, 2025
Worries And Uncertainty Grow, But There Are Positives
“Everybody in the world is a long-term investor until the market goes down.” – Peter Lynch, famed manager of the Fidelity Magellan Fund After the S&P 500 gained nearly 6% two weeks ago, there was some well-deserved giveback last week and again on Monday. Sparking the weakness last week was a big down day on …
Ryan Detrick
April 22, 2025
Bull Market? Bear Market? Or Something in the Middle?
“The wise make great use of adversity, the foolish whine about it.” Dee Hock, Founder of Visa The wild market action continues, but at least stocks have bounced and in some big ways the past week or so. Back on Monday, April 7, the S&P 500 opened up down more than 2%, yet stocks finished …
Ryan Detrick
April 16, 2025