Market Recap – September Major Benchmark Returns in September 2024 & Year-To-Date Déjà vu? September got off to a rough start as concerns about a slowing economy triggered a sell-off in growth stocks. Then, the Fed’s bigger-than-expected 50-basis point rate cut powered the Dow Jones and S&P 500 into record territory. Investors should pay attention […]
Summa Global Quarterly Newsletter – January 2024
Click here to download the PDF version of the newsletter. In This Issue: Bulls and Bears Welcome to the new year! Wall Street has released their 2024 S&P 500 targets, found on the chart below. In retrospect, 2023 S&P targets ranged from 3,400 (BNP) on the low end to 4,500 (Deutsche Bank) on the high […]
Summa Global Quarterly Newsletter – January 2022
Click here to download the PDF version of the newsletter. In This Issue: Investment Insights In 2021, the market showed strength, driven by a rebound in business and consumer spending. With the rebound came a spike in inflation created by persistent pandemic-induced supply chain problems, outsized demand, and rising wages. 2022 will be a challenging […]
Why You Should Seriously Consider Roth Conversions
What are Roth Conversions? And why use them? Before digging into the answers to those questions, lets take a quick look at the difference between a traditional IRA and a Roth IRA. Contributions to a traditional IRA are tax-deductible, however, when the funds are later withdrawn from the account, the account holder will have to […]
The Dynamic Financial Landscape: Is Your Financial Advisor Adapting to the Changing World?
While I was doing research for this quarter’s newsletter, an IRS statistic on tax-filing composition caught my eye and prompted me to start over. Indeed, as I went deeper, it became clear to me that the financial industry is ever-changing, because the environment in which it lives never stops evolving. Therefore, financial professionals must learn […]
The Biden Tax Proposal: Three Trillion, Two Magic Numbers, and One Seismic Wave
By the time you are reading this, we are about two weeks away from what is expected to be the most contentious (and even potentially controversial) presidential election in recent history. Polls are pointing to a victory for Joe Biden, along with a “blue wave,” but as we have learned over the last few years […]
