A Market of Conflicting Signals – Buck Klintworth on Money Life with Chuck Jaffe

There are a lot of countervailing forces right now both in the economy and the market and of course we can look at events like rate hikes, things along those lines and they eventually show up in the technicals, but the bigger question becomes, as they start to show up in the technicals, what are they showing us?

Click below to listen to Buck Klintworth, Senior Vice President and Portfolio Manager at Chase Investment Counsel,  on Money Life with Chuck Jaffe.

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Mutual fund investing involves risk, principal loss is possible. The Chase Growth Fund may invest in mid-cap companies, which involve additional risks such as limited liquidity and greater volatility. The Chase Growth Fund may invest in foreign securities traded on U.S. exchanges, which involve greater volatility and political, economic and currency risks and differences in accounting methods. Growth stocks typically are more volatile than value stocks; however, value stocks have a lower expected growth rate in earnings and sales.

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As of March 31, 2023, the top ten holdings in the Chase Growth Fund were:  Nvidia Corporation 6.0%, Microsoft Corp 4.8%, Visa Inc 3.9%, W W Grainger Inc 3.7%, Crocs Inc 3.6%, Apple Inc 3.5%, Ulta Beauty Inc 3.1%, Graphic Packaging Hldg Co 3.1%, Visteon Corp 3.1%, and Salesforce Inc 3.1%.  Holdings are subject to change at any time.

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