Market Commentary

Stay up-to-date on market news with regular insights from our Janney investment analysts and strategists to help you understand today’s markets and their investment implications.

  • July Investment Perspectives

    Mark Luschini, Guy LeBas and Gregory M. Drahuschak July 9, 2024

    In this issue of Investment Perspectives, Janney’s Investment Strategy Group examines the appetite for gold, the recent concerns around liquidity, and what to expect for stocks as the summer winds down.

  • Outlook 2024: Mid-Year Update

    Mark Luschini and Guy LeBas June 17, 2024

    To better position portfolios for the remainder of 2024, please take a few minutes to read the ISG Mid-Year Update to learn more about their expectations for the economy, and possible scenarios for the equity and fixed-income markets.

  • Creeping Closer in This Petty Pace

    Guy LeBas June 12, 2024

    FOMC Meeting Notes. The Federal Reserve Open Market Committee left its target for interest rates unchanged at a range of 5.25 – 5.50%, the eleventh month of unchanged overnight rates.

  • June Investment Perspectives

    Mark Luschini, Guy LeBas and Gregory M. Drahuschak June 7, 2024

    In the latest issue of Investment Perspective, we discuss whether consumers are choosing to save or spend, how the neutral rate of interest serves as a benchmark for investors, and how the cap-weighted S&P 500 compares to equal-weighted.

  • May Investment Perspectives

    Mark Luschini, Guy LeBas and Gregory M. Drahuschak May 9, 2024

    In this issue we discuss reduced pessimism toward European equities, real yields, and whether an S&P 500 high is still ahead.

  • Healthy Profits and Lower Bond Yields Are Supporting Stock

    Michael Halloran May 9, 2024

    Recent stock market performance has been encouraging, with the S&P 500 reversing its 1-month downtrend while Treasury yields are moving lower off recent highs. We continue to view the recent stock market pullback as a normal occurrence in an ongoing bull market.

  • Using Real Yields to Position Fixed Income Portfolios

    Guy LeBas May 8, 2024

    Today, real yields are relatively high, making it a good time to add to fixed income and/or to extend portfolio durations on the margin.

  • Behavioral Finance and Investment Principles IV

    Mark Luschini April 24, 2024

    Part 4: Endowment Effect, Sunk-Cost Fallacy, Illusion of Control.

  • Behavioral Finance and Investment Principles III

    Mark Luschini April 10, 2024

    Part 3: Overconfidence, Anchoring Effect, and Herding.

  • April Investment Perspectives

    Mark Luschini, Guy LeBas and Gregory M. Drahuschak April 8, 2024

    In this issue we discuss opportunities in the Eurozone, understanding the sensitivity to volatility, and the record-breaking stock market performance.

 

Article Authors

For more information about Janney, please see Janney’s Relationship Summary (Form CRS) on www.janney.com/crs which details all material facts about the scope and terms of our relationship with you and any potential conflicts of interest.

To learn about the professional background, business practices, and conduct of FINRA member firms or their financial professionals, visit FINRA’s BrokerCheck website: http://brokercheck.finra.org/

Janney Montgomery Scott LLC, Member FINRA, NYSE, SIPC