2026 Outlook

As 2025 comes to a close and the holidays draw near, it is a good time to consider the economic and market outlook for the year ahead.  Let’s get right down to it. The economy.  For the last four calendar years, markets have been bracing for the inevitable economic recession that never seems to arrive.  “The second half of the …

Market Insights – Rate Cut

Here are the highlights from the latest Market Insights video with Evan Coffey and Eric Parnell: The Federal Reserve: The Fed cut the effective federal funds rate by another 25 basis points at its December meeting. What may be more intriguing for investors is their Summary of Economic Projections, which outlines participants’ expectations for growth, unemployment, and inflation. Downside Risks: Three risks …

A Very Merry Melt-Up

November gave equity investors whiplash. The first three weeks were a grind lower with all three major indices slipping more than 2.50%. The tech-heavy Nasdaq was down more than 6%, while the S&P slid almost 3.50%. Then Thanksgiving week hit and markets ripped higher with the Dow leading the charge up 2.73%. What looked like the start of the worst …

So Now What? | US Wealth Management – Howe

So Now What? So Now What?  By George V. Howe   I love the holiday season but it also can become confusing – that “holiday void” between Thanksgiving and Christmas. It’s that delightful stretch of days where the Thanksgiving leftovers have evolved into a new species, your social calendar is full but you’re really not sure with what, and you’re …

Let It Bleed

“Well we all need someone to lean on and if you want it, well you can lean on me”  –Let It Bleed, Rolling Stones, 1969  It has been a difficult past four weeks since late October through late November for the U.S. stock market.  After hitting new all-time highs less than 80 points shy of the 7000 mark back on October …

Charleston

“Charleston! Charleston! Made in Carolina. Some dance, some prance, I’ll say, there’s nothing finer. Than the Charleston, Charleston.”  –Charleston, James Price Johnson, 1923  Great Valley Advisor Group convened its latest Annual Advisor Conference at the Hotel Emeline in Charleston, South Carolina earlier this week.  The event was an opportunity for advisors, investment partners, and the GVA team to gather in one of …

7000

“There’s a point at 7000 RPM… where everything fades.  The machine becomes weightless.  Just disappears.  And all that’s left is a body moving through space and time.  7000 RPM.  That’s where you meet it.  You feel it coming.  It creeps up on you, close in your ear.  Asks you a question.  The only question that matters.  Who are you?”  –Carroll …

How Soon Is Now?

“When you say it’s gonna happen “now”. Well, when exactly do you mean? See I’ve already waited too long. And all my hope is gone”  –How Soon Is Now?, The Smiths, 1985 The rapidly spinning revolving door of financial market news has its latest headline to transfix investor emotions.  The latest rumblings heading into the new trading week surround cracks in credit quality …