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One of the questions I probably get asked more than any other is why is the stock market behaving the way it is… especially over this last year. The last year has shown to be one of the wildest rides I’ve seen in the stock market over my lifetime. But its behavior through the pandemic can be explained. If you can understand what drives the stock market, you can explain its behavior from day to day and year to year, based on just a handful of factors. Read on to learn more.
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[…] Mid and long-term bond yields peaked at the start of April, before starting to soften over the last several weeks. Just that little bit of softening, mostly due to investors’ beliefs that the Fed will hold off on raising rates for now, which the Fed reaffirmed following its regularly scheduled FOMC meeting last week, takes some headwind pressure off the stock market. To better understand the relationship between interest rates and the stock market, check out What Drives the Stock Market? […]
[…] Mid and long-term bond yields peaked at the start of April, before starting to soften over the last several weeks. Just that little bit of softening, mostly due to investors’ beliefs that the Fed will hold off on raising rates for now, which the Fed reaffirmed following its regularly scheduled FOMC meeting last week, takes some headwind pressure off the stock market. That sentiment changed this week, with the CPI report revealing solid year-over-year prices increases. To better understand the relationship between interest rates and the stock market, check out What Drives the Stock Market? […]
[…] Mid and long-term bond yields peaked at the start of April, before starting to soften over several weeks. Just that little bit of softening, mostly due to investors’ beliefs that the Fed will hold off on raising rates for now, which the Fed reaffirmed following its regularly scheduled FOMC meeting last week, gave the market room to run over the first few weeks of April. However, last week, interest rates began to increase again and stopped the stock market’s progress. To better understand the relationship between interest rates and the stock market, check out What Drives the Stock Market? […]
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[…] general, raising taxes on corporations directly reduces future company earnings. Stocks trade based on expectations of future company earnings, so this proposal, if passed, would negatively impact trading values. Higher taxes on investment […]
[…] To better understand this relationship between the stock market, company earnings, valuation ratios and interest rates, be sure to check out 5 Factors that Drive the Stock Market. […]
[…] To better understand this relationship between the stock market, company earnings, valuation ratios and interest rates, be sure to check out 5 Factors that Drive the Stock Market. […]
[…] To better understand this relationship between the stock market, company earnings, valuation ratios and interest rates, be sure to check out 5 Factors that Drive the Stock Market. […]
[…] putting such downward pressure on the market? Recall the major drivers of stock market performance include interest rates and company earnings. The stock market is inversely correlated […]