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"Santa Rally" In Jeopardy?
Equities lost some luster after the Fed pulled the rug out from under investors last week. The market was side-swiped by the surprise Fed...

Scott Poore, AIF, AWMA, APMA
Dec 23, 20242 min read
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Bears A Little Spirited After Fed
Unfortunately, the Fed continues to play word games and to pull the rug out from under investors. The institutional investor doesn't...

Scott Poore, AIF, AWMA, APMA
Dec 20, 20245 min read
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Lack Of Breadth Glaring Issue
A lack of breadth kept most sectors down for the week. Only two sectors - Communication Services & Consumer Cyclical - finished in the...

Scott Poore, AIF, AWMA, APMA
Dec 16, 20242 min read
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Last Holiday For Stocks?
Is this one of the last holidays for stocks, or can the FOMO trade continue? This is the fundamental question moving forward. Retail...

Scott Poore, AIF, AWMA, APMA
Dec 13, 20245 min read
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Equities Shift Focus While Marching Higher
While equities moved higher in a holiday-shortened week, not all sectors were equal as cyclicals gave way to defensives. Even with the...

Scott Poore, AIF, AWMA, APMA
Dec 2, 20242 min read
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Election Shine Fading?
Equities and bonds dropped last week as inflation moved higher and uncertainty about tariffs, et. al. hit markets. Small Cap stocks and...

Scott Poore, AIF, AWMA, APMA
Nov 18, 20242 min read
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Never Say Never
They say it only takes one generation to pass before history is forgotten...or, something like that. The reality is that investors...

Scott Poore, AIF, AWMA, APMA
Nov 15, 20245 min read
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Markets Adjusting To Life After Rate Cuts
Growth stocks rebounded last week, but AI-related names did not participate as much in the rebound. Last week's inflation numbers were...

Scott Poore, AIF, AWMA, APMA
Oct 14, 20242 min read
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Twice As Hard
Over the past 12 months, investing has been easy if you just bought AI-related stocks. Moving forward, companies may find profits harder...

Scott Poore, AIF, AWMA, APMA
Oct 11, 20245 min read
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Soft Start To The Fourth Quarter
Equities generate small gains in the first week of the 4th quarter as an election looms. Last week's Labor Report showed the largest...

Scott Poore, AIF, AWMA, APMA
Oct 7, 20242 min read
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Equities Rebound, But With Broader Participation
Markets pulled back last week as recession fears begin to mount, as well as thoughts that the Fed is behind the curve. This past week,...

Scott Poore, AIF, AWMA, APMA
Sep 16, 20242 min read
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What Is True?
We've entered a period in the markets where it's difficult to determine which way things may be headed. Market pundits, like many...

Scott Poore, AIF, AWMA, APMA
Sep 13, 20245 min read
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Risk Assets Rebound, Lifting All Boats
Risk assets were sold early last week as arbitrage trades were unwound. Equities improved later in the week as risk assets rebounded. Fed...

Scott Poore, AIF, AWMA, APMA
Aug 19, 20242 min read
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Smooth Talking Heads
Markets settled back down this week as volatility eased and technology stocks rebounded. The question now remains, what is the Fed going...

Scott Poore, AIF, AWMA, APMA
Aug 16, 20246 min read
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Wall Street vs. Main Street
Volatility has returned on Wall Street and it's affecting Main Street. While a little over a week ago markets were relatively calm and...

Scott Poore, AIF, AWMA, APMA
Aug 9, 20247 min read
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Dog Days Of Summer
For the first time in quite a while, I've had to do a 180-degree turn on the Market Musings. The Musings were partially written as the...

Scott Poore, AIF, AWMA, APMA
Aug 2, 20245 min read
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Market Rotation Deepens
Investors continued to rotate away from momentum names into Small Caps, Mid-caps and "value" names last week. More than a third of S&P...

Scott Poore, AIF, AWMA, APMA
Jul 29, 20242 min read
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Light Among The Darkness?
Investing involves risk - one of the truest statements, but one which most investors find very hard to fathom (or stomach). As we find...

Scott Poore, AIF, AWMA, APMA
Jul 26, 20246 min read
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Easing Inflation Ushers In Breadth Improvement
Breadth improved across the board last week, as markets may have turned a corner following a soft inflation report. The Consumer Price...

Scott Poore, AIF, AWMA, APMA
Jul 15, 20242 min read
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Inflation A Cure For Lack Of Breadth?
The inflation data for June was released this week and it showed that consumers are getting a break in costs. This caused a shift in the...

Scott Poore, AIF, AWMA, APMA
Jul 12, 20245 min read
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