In this birthday edition of Glass Half Full, Ryan Detrick, Chief Market Strategist at Carson Group, and Sonu Varghese, Chief Macro Strategist at Carson Group, celebrate the fourth anniversary of the bull market that began after the 2022 bear market and ask: Can it make it to year five? The …
Let’s be honest—investment terminology can sound like a foreign language. Asset allocation, ETFs, yield curves…What does it all mean? Here’s the good news: You don’t need an MBA to get smart about investing. This glossary of investment terms to know can be your cheat sheet for spotting red …
The Carson Investment Team was proud to release our Midyear Outlook 2025: Uncharted Waters last week. Few would have thought at the April 8 lows, with the S&P 500 down nearly 20%, that markets would make such a furious comeback. Yet here we sit in early July with the S&P 500 at a to …
One of the opportunities we highlighted early in the year in our 2025 Outlook was a big tax bill that boosted corporate profits, similar to 2017. We never believed it would be as large as the 2017 tax bill’s boost on profits—after all, you can only cut the corporate tax rate from 35% to 21% …
When most people consider a job offer, they tend to focus on one thing: salary. But while your paycheck is important, it’s only one piece of the puzzle. Your full compensation package also includes your employee benefits—retirement accounts, insurance, personal time off, and much more.
Whether you’re an experienced investor or new to the market, 2025 has brought an unprecedented degree of simultaneous market momentum and uncertainty. The first half of the year saw both sharp market swings and heightened volatility, leaving many investors feeling like they’re navigating un …
The economy has weathered volatility and uncertainty to start 2025, with the ongoing bull market continuing its run and the labor market staying strong. But plenty of headwinds remain as we head into the second half of the year.
