Quarterly Market Outlook Highlights: Q4 2022

New Highs Are Here What a wild ride 2025 has been and it is only halfway over! After being down nearly 20% at the lows in April, stocks have staged one of the largest reversals ever and on Friday moved back to new highs.

In the latest Take 5, Ryan Detrick, Chief Market Strategist, and Sonu Varghese, VP, Global Macro Strategist, discuss the remarkable turnaround in markets over the past 10 weeks, with the S&P 500 nearly reaching an all-time high despite previous worries around inflation, tariffs, and geo …

Stocks fell three days in a row to end the holiday-shortened week but still managed to finish the week near flat thanks to Monday’s gains. Worries over the fallout from the Middle East conflict has traders on edge, while US economic data has been slowing some, and the Federal Reserve (“Fed” …

In the latest Take 5, Ryan Detrick, Chief Market Strategist, and Sonu Varghese, VP, Global Macro Strategist, address the mounting uncertainty surrounding the ongoing conflict in the Middle East, reflecting on how geopolitical turmoil historically affects markets. Despite short-term volatili …

Holding Our Equity Forecast Steady The S&P 500 Index fell slightly last week after a late week retreat on escalating conflict in the Middle East. Despite a more than 20% gain in two months, down weeks have been normal off the lows with four of the last ten weeks seeing the index lower. …

In the latest Take 5, Ryan Detrick, Chief Market Strategist, and Sonu Varghese, VP, Global Macro Strategist, examine the recent narrative that inflation is about to spike again — and explain why the actual data says otherwise. While tariff concerns and headline warnings have investors on ed …

Inching Closer to New Highs Stocks had some drama last week as the president of the United States and the world’s richest man had a very public falling out, but that did little to slow down the bull market. The S&P 500 is now just a chip shot away from new highs, something that was …

In the latest Take 5, Ryan Detrick, Chief Market Strategist, and Sonu Varghese, VP, Global Macro Strategist chat about markets climbing sharply off April lows and discuss what could derail this bull run. From housing weakness to tariff uncertainty, they explore the real risks that could tri …

What a Month! At the start of the month investors were still battered from March and April volatility and uncertainty around trade and the economy. As we noted at the start of the month though, stocks were extremely oversold and any good news (which we expected) could spark a big rally. Sur …

In the latest Take 5, Ryan Detrick, Chief Market Strategist, and Sonu Varghese, VP, Global Macro Strategist, challenge the conventional wisdom around who really qualifies as the “smart money.” While institutional investors have historically held that title, the hosts make a comp …