SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust

As you likely remember from your English Lit classes, sometimes you have to…“Beware the Ides of March”. That was 3/15, the date Julius Cesar was assassinated and is often viewed as an important check point for investors at this early…
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It’s easy to get sucked into the excess noise from the investment media with fear mongering headlines like: Dow Falls More than 500 Points And to that I say…So the heck what!!! The index is up over 6,000 points from the October 2023…
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It was nearly impossible to lose money in Q1 given a hearty 10% gain for the S&P 500 (SPY). Even more impressive was the 25% gain if you roll the clock back to the start of November 2023. When you realize that the average annual…
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It is clear that the Fed decision to lower rates is the main catalyst everyone is waiting for. The next chance that could happen is on Wednesday May 1st. Since the Fed is “data dependent” (as they repeat like a skipped record) then we…
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A market that refuses to go down…will inevitably go up And that simple logic is precisely what we see happening at this stage. Even as the start date for Fed rate cuts gets kicked further down the road, investors just don’t want to…
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Week by week we dig into the minutia to appreciate new facts that could change the course we are on. Yet now as we are about to close the books on a rather profitable first quarter for the S&P 500 (SPY), I thought it would be…
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Stocks remain elevated with every dip being shallow and short lived. Investors just don’t want their money on the sidelines if and when the Fed flashes the green light that rates are about to be cut. This keeps stocks pinned just under…
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