by Charles Webb | Apr 14, 2025 | Market Related, Quarterly Commentary
The administration’s trade war is officially in full swing. Since their sweeping tariff announcement, stocks have sold off roughly 13–15% — depending on the index you use. We haven’t seen this kind of volatility since the Russian invasion of Ukraine back in February...
by Charles Webb | Oct 17, 2023 | Market Related, Quarterly Commentary
Earlier this week, the House of Representatives voted to remove Kevin McCarthy as speaker of the House. While there has been no shortage of opinion and commentary in the media about this, one thing is clear, the revolt by a handful of Republican congressmen was...
by Charles Webb | Oct 17, 2023 | Market Related, Quarterly Commentary
2023 is shaping up to be a mirror image of last year. The 2022 stock market rout was principally led by four sectors: Communications (-40%), Consumer Discretionary (-38%), Technology (-29%) and Real Estate (-28%). Three of those four sectors now have a commanding...
by Charles Webb | Apr 8, 2023 | Market Related, Quarterly Commentary
Last year’s market selloff was almost entirely driven by the change in monetary policy by the Federal Reserve. Last year saw an unprecedented 7 rate increases totaling 4.25%. Those increases comprised the bulk of what the Fed needed to do to get inflation under...
by Charles Webb | Feb 21, 2021 | Market Related
The financial news has been filled with stories of huge gains in some of the most obscure stocks and battles between Wall Street titans and the proverbial little guy over these trades. Regulators and politicians have also started to chime in on action. So, what’s this...
by Lori Eason | Sep 20, 2020 | Market Related
These days have been interesting around the Alder Financial Group office with our two new interns, Sydney (7) and Morgan (5). Public schools around metro Atlanta are currently operating on a virtual only platform. My girls are currently in week 5 and thankfully many...
