Ryan Detrick
Five Reasons Inflation Isn’t So Sticky
After the disappointing all around Consumer Price Index (CPI) report last week, the worries over inflation staying higher for longer (what they call sticky) is a very real worry. That report showed prices for many goods and services were increasing more than expected (even things like dental services were much higher than expected), while nearly …
Ryan Detrick
September 21, 2022
Buckle Up, Late September Can Be Rocky
We are winding down an absolutely awesome time at Carson’s Excell experience in Las Vegas.
Ryan Detrick
September 16, 2022
About That Hotter Than Expected CPI Report
Hello from Las Vegas! The team is currently out here for Carson’s 37th Excell experience. It’ll be a jam-packed three days of fun and learning, with more than 1,500 advisors from all over the country in attendance. The Investment Research team is here, presenting, sharing, learning, and helping our Partners and advisors. As a result, …
Ryan Detrick
September 14, 2022
The Midterm Election Is Two Months Away. What Investors Need To Know
First things first, the Carson Investment Research team would like to send our condolences to the Queen’s family, and all of our friends in the UK. We lost a great one yesterday and the world is a better place because of her.
Ryan Detrick
September 9, 2022
Four Charts On The Worst Month Of The Year
“October: This is one of the peculiarly dangerous months to speculate in stocks. The others are July, January, September, April, November, May, March, June, December, August and February.” Mark Twain
Ryan Detrick
September 7, 2022
Why We Use Sentiment for Economic Analysis on The Carson Investment Research Team
I traded options for more than a decade, and I learned that when everyone agrees on something, you better start to look at the other side of the trade. A quote I love from General Patton sums it up well: “If everyone is thinking alike, then somebody isn’t thinking.”
Ryan Detrick
September 2, 2022
All About 1,000 Point Down Days
The Dow fell more than 1,000 points on Friday on the heels of a hawkish Fed at the Jackson Hole Economic Symposium, the 13th time in history that Poppa Dow fell that much. As the chart below shows, most of these big down days have taken place lately, with two in February 2018, eight in …
Ryan Detrick
August 30, 2022
One Big Clue The Lows For The Year Could Be In
Are we having fun yet? The rollercoaster ride of 2022 continues, as the furious rally off the June 16 lows has taken a breather, with the S&P 500 Index finding resistance right at its 200-day moving average, a logical place for a break after a big bounce. Worries over a hawkish turn from the Fed …
Ryan Detrick
August 25, 2022
Two Reasons the Bulls Should Be Smiling
Why do we invest? Why do we hand over our hard-earned money – and advise others to do the same? We do so in hopes that we see a favorable return on investment. History tells us to be optimists. At our core, we as investors and advisors look to the future, not ignoring the risks, but focusing on …
Ryan Detrick
August 18, 2022