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What Happened Last Week Procyclical Rally: Global stocks rallied, led by cyclicals and small caps

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Zachary Hill, CFA® November 24, 2025

What Happened Last Week Volatile Trading: Despite a great report, Nvidia shares reversed over 6%

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Zachary Hill, CFA® November 17, 2025

What Happened Last Week Government Reopens: The government reopening induced a short-lived rally in risk

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Zachary Hill, CFA® September 22, 2025

What Happened Last Week Fed Cuts 25 Basis Points: The Fed lowered interest rates by

Bloomberg: US Jobs Outlook Cools, Yen Holds After BOJ Signal

Zachary Hill, CFA® September 9, 2025

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Zachary Hill, CFA® September 2, 2025

What Happened Last Week Nvidia Earnings: Nvidia reported strong earnings, but its forward guidance fell

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Zachary Hill, CFA® August 25, 2025

What Happened Last Week Jackson Hole: Fed Chair Powell opened the door to a September

Inflation Versus Jobs

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The Fed is nearing a crucial decision As Federal Reserve Board Chair Jerome Powell prepares

Schwab Network: Comparing Different Inflation Reports

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CNBC: Two cuts is probably about the right number

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Weekly Market Recap | 04/07/2025

Zachary Hill, CFA® April 7, 2025

What Happened Last Week Tariff Shock: Trump’s huge tariffs—a 10% baseline already in effect and

Barron’s: The Fed is ‘Largely Irrelevant.’ Here’s Why.

Scott Ladner March 20, 2025

CNBC: Ladner: Powell’s press conference is the main show today

Scott Ladner March 19, 2025

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Schwab Network: January Inflation Reports: Consumer Strong but Fed Done Cutting

Scott Ladner February 13, 2025

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BNN Bloomberg: Why the U.S. fed is on hold for the next several months

Scott Ladner January 29, 2025

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Dance of the Dollar

Mike Dickson, Ph.D. January 23, 2025

Will Trump’s tariffs push the greenback even higher? The U.S. dollar has risen sharply in

Money Life: ‘Earnings-driven market’ should post double-digit gains

Scott Ladner January 21, 2025

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Weekly Market Recap | 1/21/2025

Zachary Hill, CFA® January 21, 2025

What Happened Last Week Lower Rates: Downside inflation surprises in the U.S. and U.K. and

Schwab Network: What Real Yields Indicate About Economic Growth

Mike Dickson, Ph.D. January 17, 2025

Watch Now Mike Dickson sees early-year volatility as ‘normal’, with positive signs from CPI, retail

Interest Rates: Rising for the Right Reasons?

Mike Dickson, Ph.D. January 16, 2025

Will the U.S. economy’s growth machine keep on humming? Surging bond yields are rattling investors,

Yahoo Finance: It’s growth, not inflation keeping rates higher

Scott Ladner January 14, 2025

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Fox: Rising Yields & Fed Confusion: What’s Next for Markets?

Scott Ladner January 14, 2025

Watch Video As stocks dip and Treasury yields climb, CIO Scott Ladner remains cautiously optimistic.

Weekly Market Recap | 1/13/2025

Zachary Hill, CFA® January 13, 2025

What Happened Last Week Global Selloff: Stocks fell as rising yields and rate uncertainty pressured

Yahoo Finance: “We don’t believe that rates don’t matter.”

Zachary Hill, CFA® January 6, 2025

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Weekly Market Recap | 12/23/2024

Zachary Hill, CFA® December 23, 2024

What Happened Last Week Hawkish Cut: The Fed cut 25 bp and pointed to a

Weekly Market Recap | 12/16/2024

Zachary Hill, CFA® December 16, 2024

What Happened Last Week Equity Reprieve: U.S. large-cap gains paused last week despite a rally

Yahoo Finance: Embrace Volatility

Mike Dickson, Ph.D. November 14, 2024

While inflation remains sticky in areas like services and housing, Mike sees an opportunity to

CNBC: A “Red Sweep” not happening makes sense for bond yields pulling back.

Scott Ladner November 4, 2024

Inflation concerns, rather than growth expectations, could be behind the rise in 10-year yields, especially

Weekly Market Recap | 10/28/2024

Zachary Hill, CFA® October 28, 2024

What Happened Last Week Yields Pushed Higher: Talk of fiscal worries added to the existing

Weekly Market Recap | 10/21/2024

Zachary Hill, CFA® October 21, 2024

What Happened Last Week New All-Time High: S&P 500 notches new all-time highs and posted

Schwab Network: Earnings are showing a resilient economy

Zachary Hill, CFA® October 18, 2024

“We’re looking under the hood of the micro,” says Horizon Investments’ Zach Hill. He looks

Happy Birthday, Bull!

Mike Dickson, Ph.D. October 17, 2024

The stock market is two years (and counting) into a bull market. Last Saturday marked

Weekly Market Recap | 10/14/2024

Zachary Hill, CFA® October 14, 2024

What Happened Last Week Price Action: Fresh all-time highs in U.S. large caps on bank

Weekly Market Recap | 10/07/2024

Zachary Hill, CFA® October 7, 2024

What Happened Last Week Geopolitical Volatility: Oil soared over 9% as investors weighed Israeli retaliation

Schwab Network: China’s Will-They-Won’t-They Stimulus Package

Scott Ladner October 2, 2024

During a recent conversation with Schwab Network, Chief Investment Officer Scott Ladner highlighted three key

CNBC: Defense stocks are probably not a bad place to be right now

Scott Ladner October 2, 2024

Defensive stocks have come into focus as global tensions have risen in recent weeks –

Weekly Market Recap | 09/30/2024

Zachary Hill, CFA® September 30, 2024

What Happened Last Week China: Property market support was announced over the weekend in major

Weekly Market Recap | 09/23/2024

Zachary Hill, CFA® September 23, 2024

What Happened Last Week Fed: Equities rallied as the Fed cut 50 bps to kick

Bloomberg: A Divided Fed Raises Questions About Future Cuts

Zachary Hill, CFA® September 23, 2024

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-f7S0cz_D-4&t=95s We remain bullish on equities, anticipating that continued support from the Fed will drive

Special Report: The Easing Cycle Finally Begins

Zachary Hill, CFA® September 20, 2024

What Happened? The Federal Reserve (Fed) started their much-awaited easing cycle on Wednesday after holding

Weekly Market Recap | 09/16/2024

Zachary Hill, CFA® September 16, 2024

What happened last week Stocks Rebound: U.S. large caps posted their best week of the

BNN Bloomberg: The underleveraged U.S. consumer

Scott Ladner September 10, 2024

September holds its notorious history of challenging stocks. How could interest rate cuts affect the

Weekly Market Recap | 09/09/2024

Zachary Hill, CFA® September 9, 2024

What happened last week Price Action: Poor September seasonality may be to blame for a

A Fall Harvest?

Mike Dickson, Ph.D. September 5, 2024

Here’s how stocks may perform for the rest of 2024 As the fall harvest season

Schwab: The “War and War Recovery” Cycle of the Markets

Scott Ladner September 4, 2024

Despite Nvida’s recent slump, the market kept moving. Chief Investment Officer Scott Ladner joins Schwab

Weekly Market Recap | 09/03/2024

Zachary Hill, CFA® September 3, 2024

What happened last week NVDA: Nvidia’s (NVDA) beat and raise was not enough to impress

Ready To Cut

Mike Dickson, Ph.D. August 29, 2024

Fed Chair Powell tees up the long-awaited rate cut Fed Chair Powell said just about

Weekly Market Recap | 08/26/24

Zachary Hill, CFA® August 26, 2024

What happened last week Powell Pivot: Chair Powell validated the market’s view that a rate

Stocks Come Roaring Back

Mike Dickson, Ph.D. August 22, 2024

Best week of 2024 for the S&P 500 After a brief summer slump and a

Corporate Earnings Update: A (Mostly) Rosy Picture

Mike Dickson, Ph.D. August 15, 2024

U.S. company profits continue to impress. Earnings season is in the home stretch, with more

Investors Get Spooked

Mike Dickson, Ph.D. August 6, 2024

Market volatility spikes—but how much should you worry about it? The first full week of

The Comeback Kids

Mike Dickson, Ph.D. July 31, 2024

A growing number of stocks are having their moment in the sun Everybody loves a

Weekly Market Recap | 6/10/24

Zachary Hill, CFA® June 10, 2024

What happened last week AI Theme: NVIDIA (NVDA) rally to $3T in market capitalization vaults

Weekly Market Recap | 6/03/24

Zachary Hill, CFA® June 3, 2024

What happened last week Revenge of the Meme Traders: Small-caps outperformed large-caps on resurgent trading

Fox Business: Tech is where earnings growth is in second half of year

Scott Ladner May 29, 2024

With GDP and inflation slowing, keep in mind our strong starting place. Chief Investment Officer

Weekly Market Recap | 5/28/24

Zachary Hill, CFA® May 28, 2024

What happened last week Semis: NVDA’s “beat and raise” earnings report reignited the AI trade

CNBC: What is the next-gen AI trade?

Scott Ladner May 24, 2024

Where do you go from yesterday’s Fed-induced sell-off? CIO Scott Ladner joins CNBC Worldwide Exchange

Fox Business: Generative AI is driving an ‘electrification boom’

Scott Ladner May 21, 2024

Utilities are the top performing sector this quarter. Is this the next AI play? Chief

Weekly Market Recap | 5/20/24

Zachary Hill, CFA® May 20, 2024

What happened last week Price action: China led on a green week for global stocks,

Bloomberg: Are we at the doorstep of a small-cap rally?

Scott Ladner May 7, 2024

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K_2CoH-Ju1o&t=8234s%20 Chief Investment Officer Scott Ladner joins Bloomberg to discuss large vs small business confidence.

Yahoo! Finance: The new market needs a new catalyst

Scott Ladner May 7, 2024

Is the Fed out of play as a market catalyst at this point? Chief Investment

Weekly Market Recap | 5/06/24

Zachary Hill, CFA® May 6, 2024

What happened last week Earnings: Strong earnings from AI-exposed mega-cap technology supported a modest rally

Weekly Market Recap | 4/29/24

Zachary Hill, CFA® April 29, 2024

What happened last week Stocks rose for the first time in four weeks on the

The Fed’s bar to hike is almost impossibly high at this point.

Scott Ladner April 22, 2024

Chief Investment Officer Scott Ladner joins Mornings With Maria on Fox Business to analyze this

Schwab: We don’t think any rate move is happening in the next two months.

Zachary Hill, CFA® April 1, 2024

Accelerating inflation and long-term growth have tilted the balance in favor of the hawks. Head

Fox: There’s some politicization about the Fed in reality

Scott Ladner March 7, 2024

The market has done well in the face of repricing to half of their initial

Market Update with Zach Hill, CFA® | February 2024

Zachary Hill, CFA® February 13, 2024

Zach reviews the 4Q23 earnings season, what Horizon anticipates from the Fed and interest rates

Fox: US economy riding on ‘strong tailwind’ of GDP growth

Scott Ladner February 12, 2024

Earnings momentum, disinflation, and a global easing cycle… is the US an attractive place to

Good Vibes

Mike Dickson, Ph.D. February 1, 2024

The economy and inflation are lining up as investors hoped they would. All eyes were

Small Packages

Zachary Hill, CFA® November 30, 2023

Will December bring glad tidings to small-company stocks? Small-cap stocks have had quite the slog

Market Update + Outlook with CIO Scott Ladner and Austin Fitch CFA®

Horizon Investments March 27, 2023

Scott Ladner and Austin Fitch discuss the Fed announcement and the current market and what

Emerging Risks in U.S. Stocks

Zachary Hill, CFA® February 16, 2023

U.S. stocks have clearly perked up so far this year. But now, two key market

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Zachary Hill, CFA® November 24, 2025

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Zachary Hill, CFA® November 17, 2025

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Zachary Hill, CFA® September 22, 2025

Bloomberg: US Jobs Outlook Cools, Yen Holds After BOJ Signal

Zachary Hill, CFA® September 9, 2025

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Zachary Hill, CFA® September 2, 2025

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Zachary Hill, CFA® August 25, 2025

Inflation Versus Jobs

Mike Dickson, Ph.D. August 21, 2025

Schwab Network: Comparing Different Inflation Reports

Mike Dickson, Ph.D. August 14, 2025

CNBC: Two cuts is probably about the right number

Scott Ladner August 8, 2025

Weekly Market Recap | 04/07/2025

Zachary Hill, CFA® April 7, 2025

Barron’s: The Fed is ‘Largely Irrelevant.’ Here’s Why.

Scott Ladner March 20, 2025

CNBC: Ladner: Powell’s press conference is the main show today

Scott Ladner March 19, 2025

Schwab Network: January Inflation Reports: Consumer Strong but Fed Done Cutting

Scott Ladner February 13, 2025

BNN Bloomberg: Why the U.S. fed is on hold for the next several months

Scott Ladner January 29, 2025

Dance of the Dollar

Mike Dickson, Ph.D. January 23, 2025

Money Life: ‘Earnings-driven market’ should post double-digit gains

Scott Ladner January 21, 2025

Weekly Market Recap | 1/21/2025

Zachary Hill, CFA® January 21, 2025

Schwab Network: What Real Yields Indicate About Economic Growth

Mike Dickson, Ph.D. January 17, 2025

Interest Rates: Rising for the Right Reasons?

Mike Dickson, Ph.D. January 16, 2025

Yahoo Finance: It’s growth, not inflation keeping rates higher

Scott Ladner January 14, 2025

Fox: Rising Yields & Fed Confusion: What’s Next for Markets?

Scott Ladner January 14, 2025

Weekly Market Recap | 1/13/2025

Zachary Hill, CFA® January 13, 2025

Yahoo Finance: “We don’t believe that rates don’t matter.”

Zachary Hill, CFA® January 6, 2025

Weekly Market Recap | 12/23/2024

Zachary Hill, CFA® December 23, 2024

Weekly Market Recap | 12/16/2024

Zachary Hill, CFA® December 16, 2024

Yahoo Finance: Embrace Volatility

Mike Dickson, Ph.D. November 14, 2024

CNBC: A “Red Sweep” not happening makes sense for bond yields pulling back.

Scott Ladner November 4, 2024

Weekly Market Recap | 10/28/2024

Zachary Hill, CFA® October 28, 2024

Weekly Market Recap | 10/21/2024

Zachary Hill, CFA® October 21, 2024

Schwab Network: Earnings are showing a resilient economy

Zachary Hill, CFA® October 18, 2024

Happy Birthday, Bull!

Mike Dickson, Ph.D. October 17, 2024

Weekly Market Recap | 10/14/2024

Zachary Hill, CFA® October 14, 2024

Weekly Market Recap | 10/07/2024

Zachary Hill, CFA® October 7, 2024

Schwab Network: China’s Will-They-Won’t-They Stimulus Package

Scott Ladner October 2, 2024

CNBC: Defense stocks are probably not a bad place to be right now

Scott Ladner October 2, 2024

Weekly Market Recap | 09/30/2024

Zachary Hill, CFA® September 30, 2024

Weekly Market Recap | 09/23/2024

Zachary Hill, CFA® September 23, 2024

Bloomberg: A Divided Fed Raises Questions About Future Cuts

Zachary Hill, CFA® September 23, 2024

Special Report: The Easing Cycle Finally Begins

Zachary Hill, CFA® September 20, 2024

Weekly Market Recap | 09/16/2024

Zachary Hill, CFA® September 16, 2024

BNN Bloomberg: The underleveraged U.S. consumer

Scott Ladner September 10, 2024

Weekly Market Recap | 09/09/2024

Zachary Hill, CFA® September 9, 2024

A Fall Harvest?

Mike Dickson, Ph.D. September 5, 2024

Schwab: The “War and War Recovery” Cycle of the Markets

Scott Ladner September 4, 2024

Weekly Market Recap | 09/03/2024

Zachary Hill, CFA® September 3, 2024

Ready To Cut

Mike Dickson, Ph.D. August 29, 2024

Weekly Market Recap | 08/26/24

Zachary Hill, CFA® August 26, 2024

Stocks Come Roaring Back

Mike Dickson, Ph.D. August 22, 2024

Corporate Earnings Update: A (Mostly) Rosy Picture

Mike Dickson, Ph.D. August 15, 2024

Investors Get Spooked

Mike Dickson, Ph.D. August 6, 2024

The Comeback Kids

Mike Dickson, Ph.D. July 31, 2024

Weekly Market Recap | 6/10/24

Zachary Hill, CFA® June 10, 2024

Weekly Market Recap | 6/03/24

Zachary Hill, CFA® June 3, 2024

Fox Business: Tech is where earnings growth is in second half of year

Scott Ladner May 29, 2024

Weekly Market Recap | 5/28/24

Zachary Hill, CFA® May 28, 2024

CNBC: What is the next-gen AI trade?

Scott Ladner May 24, 2024

Fox Business: Generative AI is driving an ‘electrification boom’

Scott Ladner May 21, 2024

Weekly Market Recap | 5/20/24

Zachary Hill, CFA® May 20, 2024

Bloomberg: Are we at the doorstep of a small-cap rally?

Scott Ladner May 7, 2024

Yahoo! Finance: The new market needs a new catalyst

Scott Ladner May 7, 2024

Weekly Market Recap | 5/06/24

Zachary Hill, CFA® May 6, 2024

Weekly Market Recap | 4/29/24

Zachary Hill, CFA® April 29, 2024

The Fed’s bar to hike is almost impossibly high at this point.

Scott Ladner April 22, 2024

Schwab: We don’t think any rate move is happening in the next two months.

Zachary Hill, CFA® April 1, 2024

Fox: There’s some politicization about the Fed in reality

Scott Ladner March 7, 2024

Market Update with Zach Hill, CFA® | February 2024

Zachary Hill, CFA® February 13, 2024

Fox: US economy riding on ‘strong tailwind’ of GDP growth

Scott Ladner February 12, 2024

Good Vibes

Mike Dickson, Ph.D. February 1, 2024

Small Packages

Zachary Hill, CFA® November 30, 2023

Market Update + Outlook with CIO Scott Ladner and Austin Fitch CFA®

Horizon Investments March 27, 2023

Emerging Risks in U.S. Stocks

Zachary Hill, CFA® February 16, 2023

Weekly Market Recap

Zachary Hill, CFA®

What Happened Last Week Procyclical Rally: Global stocks rallied, led by cyclicals and small caps as yields rose across the curve. Competition in the Chip

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Zachary Hill, CFA®

What Happened Last Week Volatile Trading: Despite a great report, Nvidia shares reversed over 6% and led the market lower as technical selling continued. Solid

Weekly Market Recap

Zachary Hill, CFA®

What Happened Last Week Government Reopens: The government reopening induced a short-lived rally in risk assets. Hawkish Fedspeak: Fed speakers cast doubt last week on

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Zachary Hill, CFA®

What Happened Last Week Fed Cuts 25 Basis Points: The Fed lowered interest rates by 25 bps, with one voting for a larger cut Nvidia’s

Bloomberg: US Jobs Outlook Cools, Yen Holds After BOJ Signal

Zachary Hill, CFA®

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Zachary Hill, CFA®

What Happened Last Week Nvidia Earnings: Nvidia reported strong earnings, but its forward guidance fell short of expectations, signaling slower growth ahead. Equity Rotation: Investors

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Zachary Hill, CFA®

What Happened Last Week Jackson Hole: Fed Chair Powell opened the door to a September rate cut in his speech on Friday at the annual

Inflation Versus Jobs

Mike Dickson, Ph.D.

The Fed is nearing a crucial decision As Federal Reserve Board Chair Jerome Powell prepares to speak at the Fed’s annual Wyoming conference late this

Schwab Network: Comparing Different Inflation Reports

Mike Dickson, Ph.D.

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CNBC: Two cuts is probably about the right number

Scott Ladner

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Weekly Market Recap | 04/07/2025

Zachary Hill, CFA®

What Happened Last Week Tariff Shock: Trump’s huge tariffs—a 10% baseline already in effect and the “reciprocal” tranche to be implemented on April 9—threaten a

Barron’s: The Fed is ‘Largely Irrelevant.’ Here’s Why.

Scott Ladner

CNBC: Ladner: Powell’s press conference is the main show today

Scott Ladner

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Schwab Network: January Inflation Reports: Consumer Strong but Fed Done Cutting

Scott Ladner

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BNN Bloomberg: Why the U.S. fed is on hold for the next several months

Scott Ladner

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Dance of the Dollar

Mike Dickson, Ph.D.

Will Trump’s tariffs push the greenback even higher? The U.S. dollar has risen sharply in value versus other world currencies in the past few months,

Money Life: ‘Earnings-driven market’ should post double-digit gains

Scott Ladner

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Weekly Market Recap | 1/21/2025

Zachary Hill, CFA®

What Happened Last Week Lower Rates: Downside inflation surprises in the U.S. and U.K. and dovish Fed comments fueled a move lower in Treasury yields.

Schwab Network: What Real Yields Indicate About Economic Growth

Mike Dickson, Ph.D.

Watch Now Mike Dickson sees early-year volatility as ‘normal’, with positive signs from CPI, retail sales, and broadening sector strength beyond tech. Head of Research

Interest Rates: Rising for the Right Reasons?

Mike Dickson, Ph.D.

Will the U.S. economy’s growth machine keep on humming? Surging bond yields are rattling investors, fueling concerns that stocks may face turbulence ahead, driven by

Yahoo Finance: It’s growth, not inflation keeping rates higher

Scott Ladner

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Fox: Rising Yields & Fed Confusion: What’s Next for Markets?

Scott Ladner

Watch Video As stocks dip and Treasury yields climb, CIO Scott Ladner remains cautiously optimistic. Unlike 2022, when inflation and interest rate hikes were the

Weekly Market Recap | 1/13/2025

Zachary Hill, CFA®

What Happened Last Week Global Selloff: Stocks fell as rising yields and rate uncertainty pressured equities. Economic Strength: Strong jobs data showed resilience, but “good

Yahoo Finance: “We don’t believe that rates don’t matter.”

Zachary Hill, CFA®

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Weekly Market Recap | 12/23/2024

Zachary Hill, CFA®

What Happened Last Week Hawkish Cut: The Fed cut 25 bp and pointed to a pause in their cutting cycle in January; economic projections and

Weekly Market Recap | 12/16/2024

Zachary Hill, CFA®

What Happened Last Week Equity Reprieve: U.S. large-cap gains paused last week despite a rally across the mega-cap growth complex led by AVGO. U.S. Inflation:

Yahoo Finance: Embrace Volatility

Mike Dickson, Ph.D.

While inflation remains sticky in areas like services and housing, Mike sees an opportunity to navigate this complexity. He spotlighted healthcare as a potential hidden

CNBC: A “Red Sweep” not happening makes sense for bond yields pulling back.

Scott Ladner

Inflation concerns, rather than growth expectations, could be behind the rise in 10-year yields, especially as prediction markets fluctuate with the election. Chief Investment Officer

Weekly Market Recap | 10/28/2024

Zachary Hill, CFA®

What Happened Last Week Yields Pushed Higher: Talk of fiscal worries added to the existing upside momentum for U.S. yields. Stocks Sold Off: Global equities

Weekly Market Recap | 10/21/2024

Zachary Hill, CFA®

What Happened Last Week New All-Time High: S&P 500 notches new all-time highs and posted gains for the sixth consecutive week. Price Action: Financials, value,

Schwab Network: Earnings are showing a resilient economy

Zachary Hill, CFA®

“We’re looking under the hood of the micro,” says Horizon Investments’ Zach Hill. He looks at how earnings season is proving to show continued resilience

Happy Birthday, Bull!

Mike Dickson, Ph.D.

The stock market is two years (and counting) into a bull market. Last Saturday marked the second anniversary of the current bull market for stocks.

Weekly Market Recap | 10/14/2024

Zachary Hill, CFA®

What Happened Last Week Price Action: Fresh all-time highs in U.S. large caps on bank earnings and re-kindling of the AI narrative. Uncertainty: Market rallied

Weekly Market Recap | 10/07/2024

Zachary Hill, CFA®

What Happened Last Week Geopolitical Volatility: Oil soared over 9% as investors weighed Israeli retaliation against Iran’s energy infrastructure. U.S. Jobs: A blow-out jobs figure

Schwab Network: China’s Will-They-Won’t-They Stimulus Package

Scott Ladner

During a recent conversation with Schwab Network, Chief Investment Officer Scott Ladner highlighted three key sectors to watch in the months ahead: Technology (boosted by

CNBC: Defense stocks are probably not a bad place to be right now

Scott Ladner

Defensive stocks have come into focus as global tensions have risen in recent weeks – particularly in the Middle East. With elections around the corner

Weekly Market Recap | 09/30/2024

Zachary Hill, CFA®

What Happened Last Week China: Property market support was announced over the weekend in major cities in addition to the raft of monetary and fiscal

Weekly Market Recap | 09/23/2024

Zachary Hill, CFA®

What Happened Last Week Fed: Equities rallied as the Fed cut 50 bps to kick off its rate-cutting cycle, guiding for further rate decreases down

Bloomberg: A Divided Fed Raises Questions About Future Cuts

Zachary Hill, CFA®

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-f7S0cz_D-4&t=95s We remain bullish on equities, anticipating that continued support from the Fed will drive markets higher as we close out the year. Head of

Special Report: The Easing Cycle Finally Begins

Zachary Hill, CFA®

What Happened? The Federal Reserve (Fed) started their much-awaited easing cycle on Wednesday after holding their target rate in the 5.25-5.50% range since last July.

Weekly Market Recap | 09/16/2024

Zachary Hill, CFA®

What happened last week Stocks Rebound: U.S. large caps posted their best week of the year, up about 4% and mostly reversing the worst week

BNN Bloomberg: The underleveraged U.S. consumer

Scott Ladner

September holds its notorious history of challenging stocks. How could interest rate cuts affect the market’s response? Chief Investment Officer Scott Ladner joins BNN Bloomberg

Weekly Market Recap | 09/09/2024

Zachary Hill, CFA®

What happened last week Price Action: Poor September seasonality may be to blame for a more than 4% decline in U.S. large caps. AI Woes:

A Fall Harvest?

Mike Dickson, Ph.D.

Here’s how stocks may perform for the rest of 2024 As the fall harvest season begins, it’s a time of reaping the rewards of hard

Schwab: The “War and War Recovery” Cycle of the Markets

Scott Ladner

Despite Nvida’s recent slump, the market kept moving. Chief Investment Officer Scott Ladner joins Schwab Network to discuss a shift in focus to the broadening

Weekly Market Recap | 09/03/2024

Zachary Hill, CFA®

What happened last week NVDA: Nvidia’s (NVDA) beat and raise was not enough to impress investors, resulting in a nearly double-digit sell-off. Strong Data: Second

Ready To Cut

Mike Dickson, Ph.D.

Fed Chair Powell tees up the long-awaited rate cut Fed Chair Powell said just about everything investors wanted to hear during his Jackson Hole, Wyoming

Weekly Market Recap | 08/26/24

Zachary Hill, CFA®

What happened last week Powell Pivot: Chair Powell validated the market’s view that a rate cut is coming in September. Markets Rally: Investors took comfort

Stocks Come Roaring Back

Mike Dickson, Ph.D.

Best week of 2024 for the S&P 500 After a brief summer slump and a short-lived overreaction, stocks enjoyed their best week since November, up

Corporate Earnings Update: A (Mostly) Rosy Picture

Mike Dickson, Ph.D.

U.S. company profits continue to impress. Earnings season is in the home stretch, with more than 90% of the companies in the S&P 500 index

Investors Get Spooked

Mike Dickson, Ph.D.

Market volatility spikes—but how much should you worry about it? The first full week of August started with a bang: The S&P 500 dropped 3%

The Comeback Kids

Mike Dickson, Ph.D.

A growing number of stocks are having their moment in the sun Everybody loves a good comeback story: Seabiscuit. The Mighty Ducks. 493 stocks in

Weekly Market Recap | 6/10/24

Zachary Hill, CFA®

What happened last week AI Theme: NVIDIA (NVDA) rally to $3T in market capitalization vaults U.S. large caps to fresh all-time highs. Strong Payrolls Data:

Weekly Market Recap | 6/03/24

Zachary Hill, CFA®

What happened last week Revenge of the Meme Traders: Small-caps outperformed large-caps on resurgent trading in “meme-stocks.” Slightly Softer U.S. Data: 1Q U.S. GDP was

Fox Business: Tech is where earnings growth is in second half of year

Scott Ladner

With GDP and inflation slowing, keep in mind our strong starting place. Chief Investment Officer Scott Ladner joins Fox Business Mornings With Maria to discuss

Weekly Market Recap | 5/28/24

Zachary Hill, CFA®

What happened last week Semis: NVDA’s “beat and raise” earnings report reignited the AI trade and propelled mega-cap tech to fresh all-time highs. Hawkish Fedspeak:

CNBC: What is the next-gen AI trade?

Scott Ladner

Where do you go from yesterday’s Fed-induced sell-off? CIO Scott Ladner joins CNBC Worldwide Exchange to discuss how he would play the markets. Watch Video

Fox Business: Generative AI is driving an ‘electrification boom’

Scott Ladner

Utilities are the top performing sector this quarter. Is this the next AI play? Chief Investment Officer Scott Ladner joins Fox Business The Claman countdown

Weekly Market Recap | 5/20/24

Zachary Hill, CFA®

What happened last week Price action: China led on a green week for global stocks, ratcheting higher as Chinese policy support continues to improve the

Bloomberg: Are we at the doorstep of a small-cap rally?

Scott Ladner

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K_2CoH-Ju1o&t=8234s%20 Chief Investment Officer Scott Ladner joins Bloomberg to discuss large vs small business confidence. Watch Video

Yahoo! Finance: The new market needs a new catalyst

Scott Ladner

Is the Fed out of play as a market catalyst at this point? Chief Investment Officer Scott Ladner joins Yahoo! Finance on Market Domination to

Weekly Market Recap | 5/06/24

Zachary Hill, CFA®

What happened last week Earnings: Strong earnings from AI-exposed mega-cap technology supported a modest rally in US equities. Jobs report: The labor market remains strong

Weekly Market Recap | 4/29/24

Zachary Hill, CFA®

What happened last week Stocks rose for the first time in four weeks on the back of strong earnings. Economic data was weak, with GDP

The Fed’s bar to hike is almost impossibly high at this point.

Scott Ladner

Chief Investment Officer Scott Ladner joins Mornings With Maria on Fox Business to analyze this week’s earnings, recession probability, and Fed decision impacts on inflation.

Schwab: We don’t think any rate move is happening in the next two months.

Zachary Hill, CFA®

Accelerating inflation and long-term growth have tilted the balance in favor of the hawks. Head of Portfolio Management Zach Hill, CFA®, Joins Schwab Network to

Fox: There’s some politicization about the Fed in reality

Scott Ladner

The market has done well in the face of repricing to half of their initial projected Fed cuts this year. CIO Scott Ladner joins Fox

Market Update with Zach Hill, CFA® | February 2024

Zachary Hill, CFA®

Zach reviews the 4Q23 earnings season, what Horizon anticipates from the Fed and interest rates this year, and how these top-of-mind components translate into portfolio

Fox: US economy riding on ‘strong tailwind’ of GDP growth

Scott Ladner

Earnings momentum, disinflation, and a global easing cycle… is the US an attractive place to invest? Chief Investment Officer

Good Vibes

Mike Dickson, Ph.D.

The economy and inflation are lining up as investors hoped they would. All eyes were on the Fed this week as it held its first

Small Packages

Zachary Hill, CFA®

Will December bring glad tidings to small-company stocks? Small-cap stocks have had quite the slog this year. Punished by rising interest rates and lingering fears

Market Update + Outlook with CIO Scott Ladner and Austin Fitch CFA®

Horizon Investments

Scott Ladner and Austin Fitch discuss the Fed announcement and the current market and what they are watching.

Emerging Risks in U.S. Stocks

Zachary Hill, CFA®

U.S. stocks have clearly perked up so far this year. But now, two key market metrics show a heightened level of risk in domestic equities