Written by: Benjamin Bimson CIMA®, CMT® / CIO, Trek Financial As 2021 comes to an end, we cannot help but get a bit choked up with gratitude. There is simply so much to be thankful for, starting with you,…
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Written by: Benjamin Bimson CIMA®, CMT® / CIO, Trek Financial For those looking for something to be thankful for this season, seasonality of market returns tends to be highest between November and April. Admittedly, this can seem like a…
Written by: Benjamin Bimson CIMA®, CMT® / CIO, Trek Financial There is no doubt that September 2021 was a negative month for equity returns. There was little that seemed to work well for investors in the month. Depending on…
Written by: Benjamin Bimson CIMA®, CMT® / CIO, Trek Financial The S&P 500 index, one of the most followed stock indexes in the United States, has gone 529 days (without a 10% or greater correction) since the rally began…
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Written by: Benjamin Bimson CIMA®, CMT® / CIO, Trek Financial On July 19, 2021 the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER), the official body that declares recessions and their end, published a document stating that the latest recession ended…
Written by: Benjamin Bimson CIMA®, CMT® / CIO, Trek Financial Last week was a reality check for investors who have been getting used to stock markets shrugging off any and every headline. On the heels of the Fed announcement…
Written by: Benjamin Bimson CIMA®, CMT® / CIO, Trek Financial Sometimes when things are going well, we can be tempted to join the ever-present guessing game of “what will happen next?” Depending on our personal preference to interpreting events,…
Written by: Benjamin Bimson CIMA®, CMT® / CIO, Trek Financial Looking to momentum as an important datapoint for market insight. As we complete more than a year of astounding market returns, it is not surprising to ask how long…
Written by: Benjamin Bimson CIMA®, CMT® / CIO, Trek Financial There seems to be an elephant in the room. With so much stimulus, and more being discussed by congress and President Biden, it is no wonder there are concerns…
Written by: Benjamin Bimson CIMA®, CMT® / CIO, Trek Financial While 2021 will not quite feel the same as 2020, there are similar themes right now. We are still dealing with COVID-19, much of the country is operating under…