Future Trends

The S&P 500 gained 11.0% while the Bloomberg U.S. Aggregate Bond Index was flat. Markets were helped by delightful amounts of fiscal spending that contributed to an almost $1.2 trillion expansion in the U.S. public debt in the fourth quarter alone. This deficit spending was partially funded by the $309 billion expansion in the Federal […]

The index fell 2.6% from November 24 to November 30 as news of the Omicron COVID variant swept the globe1. Even though the World Health Organization (WHO) indicated it was too early to determine the impact of the new variant, markets were roiled nonetheless by reports of rapid spread and “heavily mutated characteristics”2. At the […]

U.S. stocks, as proxied by the S&P 500, gained 0.6% while U.S. bonds, proxied by the Bloomberg U.S. Aggregate Bond Index, were nearly flat at 0.1%. Commodities were the top-performing asset class, up 7% in the quarter leaving the Bloomberg Commodity Index up 29% for the year. Most of the commodity gains were generated by […]

Good afternoon, everyone. Michael Carlin, President of Henry+Horne Wealth Management with your fourth quarter capital Markets outlook. I appreciate you all taking the time to tune in to do this live. Let’s just make sure we get the ground rules. Great. Number one, you can go ahead and ask questions. There’s a Q&A bar on […]

Welcome to the stock market of 2021! The market blasted off to a resoundingly solid start to the year in the 13th best six-month starts in market history!* Yet, despite that success, market participants are worried. Let’s take some time to pour over the biggest concerns and what the data says about each. As I always […]

  Michael Carlin Good morning, everyone. So pleased that you’re here with us today for again, our capital market outlook. As you’ve all known to grow and love, we’re here with, of course, CIO Magic Man. Mr. He knows everything about the market. Looks 50 today, Joe Taiber. Good morning, Joe. How are you? Joe […]

Watch the video Michael Carlin Hello, everybody, it’s Michael Carlin, president of Henry+Horne Wealth Management. We’re here with your latest capital markets outlook. Michael Carlin This is critically important because this is the 2021 Capital Market Outlook and we’ve got too much stuff to cover. We also have our special guest, Joe Taiber, joining us. […]

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As we watch the news with daily vaccination updates, optimism is starting to creep back. The economic picture is improving. We’re starting to dream of travel, vacations and a resumption of what life was Pre-COVID. Clearly, the stock market and investors expect an economic rebound in 2021 with stock market surges to new all-time highs. […]

Not only that, despite surging COVID-19 numbers in the United States, the total vote count put the ballots cast count into record territory on pace to surpass the original record set in 1960. The deluge of advertisements across media outlets also buried previous records. My favorite advertising spend statistic – in 2016 both Trump and […]