What is and isn’t a recession

First things first: We talk a lot about markets since we want you to know what’s going on with your investments. But the stock market is not the economy. Just look at the Financial Crisis in 2008: The stock market recovered long before the rest of the economy. So, what triggers a recession, versus a […]

October 2022 Market Update

Inflation  Another hot inflation report from September shows the Fed has a long way to go to get inflation under control. The Consumer Price Index rose 0.4% for the month and 8.2% over the prior year(1). While the annual increase is slightly slower than the 8.3% in August, there weren’t many silver linings in the […]