Author: Principled Solutions

As spring approaches and the weather warms, the U.S. economy has begun to cool. After a sizzling recovery from the pandemic, followed by a period of surprisingly solid and steady…

The new month brings two major market-moving stories to digest. First is the advances in AI by Chinese startup DeepSeek. It has caused some investors to question America’s lead in…

LPL Research recently unveiled Outlook 2025: Pragmatic Optimism. The annual update offers a comprehensive analysis of the economic and market environment. Looking back on 2024, it clearly echoed many of the themes…

Solid gains for stocks gave investors a November to remember. In fact, the S&P 500’s more than 5% advance marked its best month of 2024. Several factors played into the…

Finally! For the first time in more than four years, on September 18, the Federal Reserve cut interest rates. While the debate over how big the cut would be was…

With fall upon us and students back in classrooms, it seems like a good time to reflect on the various tests that the U.S. economy and stock market have passed…

Stocks must have gotten the memo that August tends to be weak historically. July, the eighth positive month in the past nine, was quickly forgotten as the beginning of August…

Stocks finished the first half of the year the same way they started — with solid gains. Strong rallies from big tech names, combined with somewhat softer economic and inflation…

April showers brought May flowers as markets placed greater importance on economic growth and corporate profits than the “higher for longer” interest rate messages from the Federal Reserve (Fed). In…

After a strong first quarter for stocks, some April showers rained down as the S&P 500 fell about 4% last month. Hopefully these showers will bring some flowers in May,…