Market Commentary
July 2021 Market Commentary: The Battle Between Market Bulls and Bears
So far in 2021 the bull markets are ahead. What happens next? In our opinion, that will depend upon the three "I's", inflation, interest rates, and infrastructure. Read our full July 2021 market commentary provided by Peter W. Tuz, CFA, CFP...
June 2021 Market Commentary: Inflation, Corrections and Consumer Confidence
The overall market has been consolidating with only the Nasdaq having even a 10% correction. Consumer confidence is down and inflation is actually higher than the government's core numbers. Yet the stock market is still responding to the Fe...
May 2021 Market Commentary: Strong Recoveries from the Covid-19 Recession
As we enter the "Sell in May and go away" part of the year, we look back on April as a decent month for U.S. equities markets with most indices up and some up substantially as the recovery from the Covid-19 pandemic continues. Three factors...
April 2021 Market Commentary: What a Difference a Year Makes
At the end of first quarter 2020, we were in the beginning stages of an economic shutdown causing unemployment to skyrocket and markets to dip. Fast forward to the end of quarter one 2021 with the economy reopening and unemployment declinin...
February 2021 Market Commentary: Lower Covid Numbers and Pent Up Consumer Demand
Derwood S. Chase Jr, Founder & Chairman Emeritus of Chase Investment Counsel provides insights into the potentially lessening impact of Covid-19, as well as potential market strengths and weakness in this February 2020 market commentary....
2021 Equity Market Focus: The January Short Squeeze and 2021 Market Outlook
After starting strong and rising 2.5% in three weeks, the S&P 500® index ended January with a thud due to one of the most unusual events in modern equity market history and ended the month down. The unusual event, of course, was the war be...
2021 Equity Market Focus: Q&A with Peter Tuz, President and Portfolio Manager Chase Investment Counsel
President and Portfolio Manager, Peter Tuz provides a Q & A Market Commentary: 2021 Equity Market Focus: Economic Recovery and Outlook. Peter covers the 2021 Equity market focus, the impact of low interest rates, and a potential investment...
Combining Fundamental Analysis with Technical Factors to Determine Timing in Purchasing and Sales of Stocks
Clay Sefter explains the firm’s investment philosophy and stock selection process. Chase has always been a “bottom up” stock manager and lets its screening process determine the stocks to buy and sectors to overweight or underweight. ...
Investing Now for Next Year’s Potential
The big conundrum is how do you invest now knowing that things might be bleak over the next few months because of Covid, but will be much better later next year?
There are some positives and negatives to think about....