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As the stock market recovered from the 2020 pandemic lows, valuations reached levels not seen since the dotcom bubble more than 20 years ago. The reopening economy and massive fiscal stimulus helped fuel one of the strongest starts to a bull market ever (a bull market that just turned two-years-old last week).

Low interest rates were a big part of the story. But just as low interest rates helped support stock valuations, that relationship can go in reverse as we’ve witnessed recently.

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Most of the U.S. and international markets were fractionally higher this week as traders were concerned about a potential peak in the global recovery, declining bond yields, as well as the rising cases of the Delta COVID-19 variant worldwide.

Markets Resilient As We Enter the Second Half of 2021 Most of the U.S. and international markets were fractionally higher this week as traders were concerned about a potential peak in the global recovery, declining bond yields, as well as the rising cases of the Delta COVID-19 variant worldwide.

This week was positive for many value sectors such as materials and industrials, however growth sectors such as information technology, communication services, and consumer discretionary saw the biggest gains, along with healthcare.

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"With investors taking note of improving COVID-19 trends, an expanding US economy, and additional fiscal stimulus expected in the coming weeks, many are wondering if market sentiment is getting ahead of itself, and the stock market has certainly been on a tear recently."

Sentiment Getting Frothy, but Long-Term Bullish Since the presidential election on November 3, 2020, the S&P 500 Index is up over 15% on a total return basis as of February 23, and has climbed back over 76% since the market bottom on March 23, 2020.

Television, social media, and now websites like Reddit can create noise that can be distracting for investors, which can cause them to lose focus of their timeframe—which for many of us is a long time.

The Stock Market’s Cost of Admission Countless stock investors would prefer to exit their investment precisely at the top and put their money back into the market at the very bottom of a market correction.

The incredible action from some of the most heavily shorted names has investors everywhere wondering what it all means? GameStop (GME) specifically has taken the country’s imagination by storm, as the stock started the year under $20 per share and this morning nearly hit $500.

Will GameStop Stop the Bull Market? “In the short term, the market is a popularity contest. In the long term, the market is a weighing machine.” -Warren Buffett

2021 kicks off the first year of a new four-year presidential cycle. One of the most popular questions we’ve received lately is how have stocks performed historically during this political year.

How Stocks Perform in a President’s First Year The S&P 500 Index historically has gained 6.8% per year during the first year of the four-year presidential cycle, but stocks have done better when the president was re-elected than when someone new occupied the White House.

Looking ahead, earnings are likely to grow solidly in the first quarter 2021 and throughout the year.

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Today we take a look back at how stocks performed under President Donald Trump.

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