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February 19, 2024
Weekly Market Insights:Market Retreats On Inflation, Economic Reports Presented by Hershey Financial Group, LLC Stocks fell last week as investors reacted to disappointing inflation updates and other economic reports that fell short of estimates. Stocks Snap...
February 12, 2024
Weekly Market Insights: S&P Hits Record High Presented by Hershey Financial Group, LLC The stock market experienced solid gains last week, concluding the trading week on a positive note, thanks to robust corporate reports and favorable inflation news; this...
February 5, 2024
Weekly Market Insights: Investors Move Past Mixed Fed Message Presented by Hershey Financial Group, LLC Stocks pushed higher last week as investors cheered mega-cap tech corporate reports and a better-than-expected employment report. Stocks At New Highs At the...
January 29, 2024
Weekly Market Insights: Excitement Around Big Tech Continues Presented by Hershey Financial Group, LLC Stocks continued their upward climb last week as excitement around big tech continued; positive economic reports stoked investors’ belief that the Federal...
January 22 2024
Weekly Market Insights: Big Win For Big Tech Presented by Hershey Financial Group, LLC Stocks finished higher last week, with big tech again leading amid lingering uncertainty over how continued economic strength would influence the Fed’s rate decision. Stocks...
January 15, 2024
Weekly Market Insights: Investors Begin To See The Light In Upbeat Week. Presented by Hershey Financial Group, LLC Stocks pushed higher last week, led by big tech names and boosted by December inflation reports that were mixed but positive enough to shore up...
January 8 2024
Weekly Market Insights : New Years Blues Stocks retreated in the first trading week of 2024, struggling a bit after a celebratory end to last year as investors second-guessed Fed signals and fretted over lingering inflation concerns. New Year Blues Stocks got...
January 1 2024
Weekly Market Insights: S&P Ends 2023 Up 24% Stocks posted a slight gain last week amid a shortage of news and light holiday trading. The Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 0.76%, while the Standard & Poor’s 500 added 0.49%. The Nasdaq Composite index...
December 23, 2023
Weekly Market Insights : Investors Boost Stocks Ahead Of Holiday Week Investor optimism and fears of missing out on future gains propelled stocks higher in the last full week of trading before year-end. The Dow Jones Industrial Average added 0.22%, while the Standard...
White Elephant Inheritance
Have you ever had to deal with a "white elephant"? Not the actual pachyderm, but what Merriam-Webster calls "a property requiring much care and expense yielding little profit" or, more simply, "something of little or no value." Of course, we're not talking about the...