By Chris Konstantinos, Managing Partner, Chief Investment Strategist SUMMARY US economy more productive than international peers, according to current real GDP per worker figures. US GDP growth remains robust, which we think bodes well for corporate earnings. We remain optimistic on US stocks. In today’s Weekly View, we created a concise synopsis of...

Some experts believe there are plenty of credible use cases for blockchain technology. But they think efforts to expand that arena are being forced upon end users and investors. Whether that claim is accurate can be debated. But it’s clear some disruptive technologies beyond crypto intersect with blockchain. That includes artificial intelligence (AI)....

VettaFi’s Fixed Income symposium is today. There’s still time to register, for free, and the event promises to provide clarity in these uncertain times. “There is a lot of uncertainty in the fixed income marketplace, and advisors are seeking answers on what to do next,” said VettaFi Head of Research Todd Rosenbluth. “Today’s Fixed Income [...] The...

With artificial intelligence (AI) capturing investor imagination these days, gold’s recent rally might be a mere blip on the radar. A Sprott Special Gold Report from John Hathaway, managing partner at Sprott Inc. and Sprott Asset Management senior portfolio manager, could be hinting that more upside could be on the near horizon. Aside from central [...]...

As home to an array of storied growth stocks, the Nasdaq-100 Index (NDX) usually isn’t viewed as a bargain hunter’s paradise. That view is usually accurate. But it also belies the fact that, upon closer inspection, the benchmark is home to some attractively valued stocks. That’s encouraging news for investors considering the Invesco QQQ Trust [...]...

Author: Thomas A Martin, CFA Critical Considerations, the Outlook from here, and GLOBALT’S positioning What do we know for sure? We know where we have come from and that’s not nothing. It sets the stage for where we go from here. Large cap stocks have surpassed their 2021 all-time highs, mid-caps are mixed in that [...] The post The Lay of the Land...