Market breadth has been on the rise, a potential sign of a more balanced stock market

During the first 8 or 9 months of the year, market breadth was low; relatively few stocks drove the results of the overall US market but more recently, breadth has been rising.

U.S. Stock market prices are near all-time highs. Can this trend continue? Here’s something to consider that may support this trend: U.S. personal saving rate.

While COVID-19 did not create the e-commerce trend, it has accelerated the trend already in place for years.

“Prepare relentlessly”— For many people, Thanksgiving 2020 will undoubtedly be different, as has much of 2020. As it relates to wealth management, change is often the only constant.

A work-from-home environment has enabled some people to office anywhere with a phone and internet connection. Perhaps this has led more people to relocate or buy a second home.

On the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month of 1918, World War I formally ended. A year later, Woodrow Wilson, who was president during all of WWI, which coincided with the Spanish Flu pandemic, issued this uplifting message on the first Armistice Day (later changed to Veterans Day).

Stock market volatility declined this week as prices broadly increased and are now on pace for the highest weekly price gain since April. This tells us that stock markets may broadly favor a divided government. There is less uncertainty as neither party can run too far in either direction.