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Various members of the Federal Reserve have been out in force on the speaking circuit, offering their updated assessments of inflation and the economy.

It’s no secret that the US stock market has become increasingly concentrated in recent years, with the largest, most dominant technology companies representing a disproportionate amount of the S&P 500 Index’s market capitalization.

As investors, we must often remind ourselves that markets are forward-looking in nature, and that the current, known events have less influence on market returns than one would think.

Back in the fall of 2023, the Fed signaled that rate hikes were finished, prompting a significant stock market rally that has been largely uninterrupted.

Financial markets have gotten off to a hot start to 2024, thanks to optimism that the Federal Reserve will begin cutting interest rates sometime in the second half of the year.

By Dr. George Calhoun – Vestbridge Advisors, Inc. Advisory Board Member
Executive Director of the Hanlon Financial Systems Center

2023 will go down as the year when Artificial Intelligence (AI) became omnipresent in the lexicon of society.

“EASTER IS ABOUT MORE THAN CANDY. IT’S ABOUT PEACE, LOVE & FAMILY.”
– UNKNOWN –

By Dr. George Calhoun – Vestbridge Advisors, Inc. Advisory Board Member
Executive Director of the Hanlon Financial Systems Center

As US Large Caps, particularly US Tech stocks, continue to set new high after new high, many investors are questioning whether we have reached “bubble” territory.