Articles authored by Ryan Detrick
Three Timeless Lessons From 2025 To Use in 2026
2025 was a great year for investors, as stocks made new highs across the globe, bonds had their best year since 2020, and commodities gained overall with gold and silver soaring. Here are three timeless investment lessons from 2025 that we believe investors should pay close attention to in 2026. Beware When Everyone Agrees “If …
Geeking Out On Charts with Chris Kimble and Scott Brown
Ryan Detrick, Chief Market Strategist at Carson Group, flies solo for this new episode of Facts vs Feelings, joined by longtime chart-watchers Chris Kimble, former CEO of Kimble Charting Solutions, and Scott Brown, Founder of Brown Technical Insights, for a wide-ranging conversation on what the market is signaling as 2025 comes to a close. They …
Wrapping Up 2025 with Art Hogan, the Boston GOAT
2025 kept investors off balance, and Sonu Varghese, VP, Global Macro Strategist, and Ryan Detrick, Chief Market Strategist at Carson Group turned to Art Hogan, Chief Market Strategist at B. Riley Wealth Management, to make sense of what actually drove the year. They dig into the gap between perception and reality on market breadth, why …
It’s A Bird, It’s A Plane, It’s the Santa Claus Rally🎅❄🎄🎁🦌
“If Santa should fail to call, bears may come to Broad and Wall.” —Yale Hirsh One of the little-known facts about the Santa Claus Rally (SCR) is that it isn’t the entire month of December; it’s actually only seven days. Discovered in 1972 by Yale Hirsch, creator of the Stock Trader’s Almanac (carried on now …
The Fed Comes Bearing Gifts
A rare split is opening inside the Federal Reserve. Sonu Varghese, VP, Global Macro Strategist, and Ryan Detrick, Chief Market Strategist at Carson Wealth, dig into what that tension really means as growth projections move higher and rate cuts keep coming. They break down the widening gap between market expectations and the Fed’s own outlook, …
Don’t Stop Believing
“Just a small town girl, livin’ in a lonely world. She took the midnight train goin’ anywhere… Don’t stop believin’, hold on to that feelin’.” Journey, “Don’t Stop Believin’” After peaking on October 28 and seeing a more than 5% mild pullback into late November, the S&P 500 moved back to new all-time highs on …
10 Years Ago
“If you are going through hell, keep going.” Winston Churchill 10 years ago yesterday I was doing some work at home in our basement and suddenly heard a large crash in our garage. I ran upstairs to see what it was and saw that the entire ceiling had collapsed. Parts of the ceiling were hanging …
Is Reacceleration in the Cards?
In this week’s episode of Facts vs Feelings, Ryan Detrick and Sonu Varghese dig into the market’s latest shift toward a potential economic reacceleration, looking at rising global yields, what the renewed steepening of the yield curve may signal, and how broadening market leadership is shaping their outlook. They go through the rebound in tech, …
Back to December
In the latest episode of Facts vs Feelings, Ryan Detrick, Chief Market Strategist, and Sonu Varghese, VP, Global Macro Strategist, dive into the sharp late-November market swings, why December historically favors gains, and how shifting Fed expectations have driven sentiment. They break down sector rotation, the surprising divergence between crypto and junk tech, the return …
Seven Reasons December Should Be a Strong Month for Stocks
“I go back to December all the time.” Taylor Swift from her song Back to December I’m going to sound like an old guy, but can you believe it is December already!? Last week saw one of the best weeks of the year for stocks, as it was your typical late November seasonal strength. The …