Category: Market Analysis

Forrest Bell, CFP® September 2, 2021

The month of August brought gains to stock investors. Most broad measures of equities increased by at least one percent. ...

Forrest Bell, CFP® August 3, 2021

July marked another month of gains for stock and bond investors. The MSCI All Country World Index, a global measure ...

Forrest Bell, CFP® January 6, 2021

As December came to a close, the global equity markets added several percentage points to their 2020 gains. The overall ...

Bell Investment Advisors October 4, 2017

September Surprise! On average, September is the worst month of the year for stock market performance. Going back to 1950, ...

Bell Investment Advisors September 6, 2017

It is impossible to effectively time your investments based on the prospects for wars and government policies. Timing is almost ...

Bell Investment Advisors August 2, 2017

Thomson Reuters estimates that corporate earnings for the S&P 500 may again reach double digits for the second quarter of ...

Bell Investment Advisors July 6, 2017

Strong corporate earnings growth continues to propel global stock markets upward. In the US, earnings growth for the S&P 500 ...

Bell Investment Advisors June 2, 2017

Politics still impact financial markets in the short term, as shown by the Dow Industrial Average falling 373 points on ...

Bell Investment Advisors May 4, 2017

Scott Wittman, Chief Investment Officer at American Century Investments, is one of the investment professionals I like to follow. Recently, ...