Investments
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
Under the Hood: Technology Earnings Preview
Technology stocks have come under pressure in recent weeks owing to macroeconomic concerns, including the risk of a potential recession caused by rising tariffs that could hinder the free flow of trade. In this environment, active equity investors are likely to focus more on forward-looking commentary from companies – if any is provided – to …
Blake Anderson
April 21, 2025
The Fed Is Caught Between a Rock and a Cold Hard and Lonely Place
Federal Reserve (Fed) Chair, Jerome Powell, just gave us the most detailed description of how they’re thinking about policy in the face of massive tariffs. He was speaking at the Economic Club of Chicago, and participated in a Q&A after, with the former head of India’s Central Bank and University of Chicago professor, Raghuram Rajan. …
Sonu Varghese
April 17, 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
Is The Recession Imminent?
In the latest episode of Facts vs Feelings, Ryan Detrick, Chief Market Strategist, and Sonu Varghese, VP, Global Macro Strategist, dissect the ripple effects of tariffs, high interest rates, and a wavering investment environment on the U.S. and global economies. With companies freezing investment plans and government spending cooling off, the duo explores how the …
Ryan Detrick
April 16, 2025
Here’s How the US Tax Code Results in a Larger Trade Deficit
Happy Tax Day! Or not. Though if you’re a large multinational, tax day in the US doesn’t really matter. In fact, to “celebrate” Tax Day, I’m going to discuss how the US tax code impacts the trade deficit. This is very relevant now because of everything going on around tariffs, with one of the stated …
Sonu Varghese
April 15, 2025
Under the Hood: Early Earnings Highlights
Markets received their first round of company earnings this week following unprecedented uncertainty. Several key companies offered a lens into the current state of consumer behavior, capital markets, and global demand. While strong quarterly results demonstrated these companies’ abilities to thrive in stable markets, executive commentary reflected growing concerns about a potential slowdown ahead. JPMorgan …
Blake Anderson
April 14, 2025
When in Doubt, Diversify It Out
What a week it has been — days that feel like weeks, weeks that feel like months. The last two weeks have seen the largest intraday market moves we have experienced since the depths of the COVID pandemic in March of 2020 and 2008 before that, periods marked with enormous uncertainty. Even though we saw …
Grant Engelbart
April 11, 2025
3 Unusual Things About This Selloff
(Updated as of 3pm CST 4/9/2025) We had the largest tariffs in over 100 years on for about 12 hours, before President Trump paused them for 90 days for countries that did not retaliate. That’s a relief, though we could be right back here in 90 days. But hopefully this gives the White House time …
Sonu Varghese
April 9, 2025
Welcome to the Crash of 2025
In this episode of Facts vs. Feelings, Ryan Detrick, Chief Market Strategist, and Sonu Varghese, VP, Global Macro Strategist, break down the immediate fallout of last week’s tariffs announcement and how it could impact both the U.S. and the global economy. They dive into the plunging markets, how a trade war could trigger a recession, …
Ryan Detrick
April 9, 2025
15 Things All Investors Need To Know
“It is about time in the market, not timing the market.” Old investment saying As of now, the S&P 500 has avoided officially entering a bear market (down 20% from the February 19th closing high), but who knows, by the time you read this we might be there. I’ll take a different approach today …
Ryan Detrick
April 8, 2025