Market Review The S&P 500 Index continued to reach new highs throughout the quarter, gaining 4.3% in the three-month period. Large-cap stocks (S&P 500 Index) decidedly outperformed small-cap stocks (Russell 2000 Index), and growth stocks (Russell 1000 Growth) again beat value stocks (Russell 1000 Value). Overseas, results were mixed with developed international stocks (MSCI EAFE) […]
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Market Recap In the second quarter of 2024, the U.S. economy remained resilient in an environment where inflation and interest rates remained higher than expectations. Tighter monetary policy was offset by accommodative fiscal policy, and a still strong US consumer. The US stock market gained nearly 4.5% in the quarter, reaching a new all-time high. […]
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By M. Ray Perryman, PhD, CEO and President – The Perryman Group Overview The Perryman Group Outlook for the US Economy – 2nd Quarter 2024 By M. Ray Perryman, PhD, CEO and President The Perryman Group Employment While still expanding, the US economy is showing definitive signs of slowing. Unemployment rates and the number of […]
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Market Recap In the first three months of 2024, the U.S. economy remained resilient despite short-term interest rates sitting near 20-year highs. Noteworthy in the quarter was the continuing robustness in the labor market, stronger-than-anticipated corporate earnings, and a convergence of market participants’ aggressive forecast of rate cuts with the Fed’s own projections. These factors […]
Read MoreBy M. Ray Perryman, PhD, CEO and President – The Perryman Group Overview The Perryman Group Outlook for the US Economy – 1st Quarter 2024 By M. Ray Perryman, PhD, CEO and President The Perryman Group Employment The US economy continues to defy the expectations of many, gaining jobs at a surprising pace given the […]
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Market Review The S&P 500 Index continued to reach new highs throughout the quarter, gaining 10.6% in the three-month period. Large-cap stocks (S&P 500 Index) decidedly outperformed small-cap stocks (Russell 2000 Index), and growth stocks (Russell 1000 Growth) again beat value stocks (Russell 1000 Value). Developed International and emerging-market stocks also posted gains but did […]
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Market Review Aided by a powerful year-end rally, U.S. stocks (S&P 500 Index) jumped nearly 12% in Q4 to finish up 26% for the year, and end within a whisper of its all-time high. Smaller-cap stocks (Russell 2000 Index), which lagged their larger counterparts for most of the year, also rallied sharply in the fourth […]
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Market Recap What a difference a year makes. In 2022, high inflation and the Fed’s commitment to tame it, led to sharply rising interest rates and negative returns for both stocks and bonds. In 2023, much to the surprise of many forecasters, global stock and bond markets ignored widespread expectations that we were headed for […]
Read MoreBy M. Ray Perryman, PhD, CEO and President – The Perryman Group Overview Outlook for the US Economy – 4th Quarter 2023 By M. Ray Perryman, PhD, CEO and President The Perryman Group Employment The United States economy added almost 2.9 million net new jobs during the twelve-month period ending December 2023 for an annual employment […]
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Market Review The S&P 500 reached a 2023 high at the end of July, but from its intra-quarter high the index declined 6.3% through the end of September. Smaller-cap stocks (Russell 2000) also had momentum early in the quarter but changed course and ended the quarter down 5.1%. Within foreign markets, developed international stocks (MSCI […]
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