Facts Vs Feelings Take 5 – 5 Things To Think About in 2025

Here Comes the Best Month (and Best Six Months) of the Year “A body at rest stays at rest, and a body in motion stays in motion unless acted upon by an external force.” Sir Isaac Newton, First Law of Motion  The incredible rally continues, justified by some spectacular earnings result …

Welcome back to Carson’s Take Five with Ryan Detrick, Chief Market Strategist, and Sonu Varghese, VP, Global Macro Strategist. This week, the discussion focuses on the Federal Reserve’s latest interest rate cut and what it means for investors, markets, and the economy heading into year-end. …

Back to Your Regularly Scheduled Bull Market October is known for volatility that sometimes scares investors to abandon stock positioning, and what’s doubly scary is this often happens just before a year-end rally. Well, this October we’ve again seen big market swings and some scary headlin …

Welcome back to Carson’s Take Five with Ryan Detrick, Chief Market Strategist, and Sonu Varghese, VP, Global Macro Strategist. This week, the duo leans into the spooky season to ask whether there are “monsters under the bed” for investors. Despite market worries and talk of volatility, Ryan …

The S&P 500 gained 1.7% last week, alternating between up and down days. The index is still a little more than 2% of all-time highs in the spooky month of October (more on that below). We wouldn’t be surprised to see more volatility, but we still think the environment is supportive. Wit …

Welcome back to Carson’s Take Five with Ryan Detrick, Chief Market Strategist, and Sonu Varghese, VP, Global Macro Strategist! In this episode, Ryan and Sonu break down the latest escalation in trade tensions between the U.S. and China and what it means for markets, inflation, and investors …

The S&P 500 had one of their worst days in months on Friday, as President Trump threated higher tariffs on China and he accused them of “becoming very hostile.” As of now, we don’t anticipate the trade war to heat back up, but one thing to note is stocks were probably due for some volat …

Welcome back to Carson’s Take Five with Ryan Detrick, Chief Market Strategist, and Sonu Varghese, VP, Global Macro Strategist. This week, the duo explores one of the most debated questions in markets today: Is artificial intelligence in a bubble? While headlines are filled with speculation, …

Wash and Repeat This might sound familiar, but the S&P 500 continued to climb higher last week, making fresh new all-time highs along the way. In fact, it closed higher all five days with new all-time highs on the last three days of the week, getting October off to a strong start. The i …

In the latest episode of Take 5, hosts Ryan Detrick, Chief Market Strategist, and Sonu Varghese, VP, Global Macros Strategist, dive into the latest government shutdown and what it means for the markets and the economy. While shutdowns grab headlines, history shows their long-term impact on …