Everyone’s been complaining that the market lacks breadth, and now we have more of it. On October 22, 324 of 500 S&P 500 companies gained, with the median stock up 1.09% (177 gained over 2%). Yet the ...

Economist Chris Rupkey on the Crash of 1987 October is known for many things, with incredible market crashes likely at the top of the list. The crashes of 1929 and 1987 stand out for many investors, ...

In Episode 210 of Facts vs Feelings, Carson Group’s Ryan Detrick, Chief Market Strategist, and Sonu Varghese, Chief Macro Strategist, welcome back Libby Cantrill, Head of Public Policy at PIMCO, for ...

In the third quarter, the Bloomberg US Aggregate Bond Index (“Agg”), the most widely used bond benchmark, fell 3.5%, its worst quarter since Q4 of 2022 (-4.8%). Suddenly, the trauma of 2022 was back ...

Almost every friend of mine who has looked for a job this year has a similar story. They sent out dozens of applications, sometimes hundreds, and heard back from maybe two or three. The ones who ...

Welcome to Carson Investment Research’s Earnings Check-In. This series is built weekly from FactSet’s Earnings Insight report (John Butters, VP, Senior Earnings Analyst with FactSet), with index ...

We just got the latest read on the Fed’s preferred inflation metric, the personal consumption expenditures (PCE) index. This was an important release because the Bureau of Economic Analysis revised ...

The Fed raised interest rates in September for the first time since 2023, and the AI spending boom hasn’t slowed. The New York Times recently explained why: if a company expects an AI project to earn ...

“I have a theory that the truth is never told during the nine-to-five hours.” Hunter Thompson, American Journalist and Author For the first time since August 13, the S&P 500 closed at a new all-time ...

“If the opposite of pro is con, then the opposite of progress must be Congress.” Sam Stovall, Chief Investment Strategist at CFRA Ready or not, midterm elections are coming. We’ve already discussed ...

The S&P 500 hit a new all-time high on Tuesday (October 6th), its first since August 13th. The index is up 14.2% year-to-date, or 15.2% including dividends. Many folks seem confused about why stocks ...

I’ve written a lot this year about an inflationary growth environment (strong economic activity alongside rising prices). We flagged this in our 2026 Outlook (and again in our Midyear Outlook), and ...