Spring Allergies or Something Worse? Jeffrey Kleintop, CFA Chief Market Strategist LPL Financial Highlights In April, the markets seem to be suffering from a case of spring allergies. Like pollen-induced sneezes, the spasms at each of the data points have resulted in a noticeable uptick in volatility after a very quiet first quarter. The symptoms [...]
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A Taxing Issue for Investors Jeffrey Kleintop, CFA Chief Market Strategist LPL Financial Highlights Perhaps surprisingly, it appears that the tax rate changes have played little or no direct role in stock or bond market performance. The most likely reason is that the effects on after-tax returns were deemed negligible relative to the macroeconomic and [...]
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10 Indicators to Watch for Another Spring Slide Jeffrey Kleintop, CFA Chief Market Strategist LPL Financial Highlights In each of the past two years the stock market began a slide in the spring that lasted well into the summer months. We have identified 10 indicators to watch closely in the coming weeks that may warn [...]
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Best Bull Market Ever…Now What? Jeffrey Kleintop, CFA Chief Market Strategist LPL Financial Highlights The three-year anniversary of the bull market took place on Friday, March 9. This has been the strongest bull market since WWII. The average return in year four of prior bull markets was 12.9%, close to our 8 – 12%* return [...]
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Arab Spring 2 Jeffrey Kleintop, CFA Chief Market Strategist LPL Financial Highlights This year, oil prices have started off on a similar path to last year, but disturbingly are already about $10 higher than they were last year. Oil prices have climbed to just below the threshold where demand for oil has weakened in the [...]
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