Articles authored by Ryan Detrick

With the recent inflation data, can we say that the Fed has stopped raising rates? How will this affect the economy if this is to happen? What’s next for the stock market for the remainder of the year? In this episode, Ryan Detrick, Chief Market Strategist at Carson Group & Sonu Varghese, VP, Global Macro …

2023 has been a year unlike any other, then again, all years are unlike other years. From everyone expecting a recession and continuation of the bear market at the start of the year, to the regional banking crisis in March, to one of the best first halves to a year for stocks ever, to a …

A number of factors and causing the stock market to continue to experience high volatility, causing uncertainty for investors. With October’s correction, are there signs of a market bottom? A potential rally? In the latest episode of Facts vs Feelings, Carsons’ Chief Market Strategist, Ryan Detrick & VP, Global Macro Strategist, Sonu Varghese explain why …

“If there were ironclad rules, we would all be following them.” -Josh Brown of Ritholtz Wealth Management Although we saw a late October bounce, the S&P 500 officially moved into correction territory last week. By definition, a correction is when stocks are down more than 10% from a recent peak, in this case, down more …

“It’s not what you look at that matters, it’s what you see.” -Henry David Thoreau (writer) Here are a few things that caught my attention the past week or so. A few I’m guessing a lot of people don’t even know, but they should. Profit Margins Are Increasing One of the more obvious things we’ve …

“It felt like the world was ending.” -Economist Chris Rupkey on the Crash of 1987. October is known for many things, with incredible market crashes likely being at the top of the list. The Crashes of 1929 and 1987 stand out for many investors and who could forget the selling and volatility of October 2008? …

“There are no gains without pains.” – Benjamin Franklin Hard to believe it, but one year ago today the vicious bear market ended. I remember it well, as the bear market saw the S&P 500 down 25.5% from the early January lows at the close on October 12, 2022. The very next day we saw …

“October: This is one of the peculiarly dangerous months to speculate in stocks. The others are July, January, September, April, November, May, March, June, December, August and February.” -Mark Twain October is known for many things, from sweaters, to leaves on the ground, to the World Series, to pumpkins, and yes, to market crashes. It …

“Wake me up when September ends.” -Green Day Good riddance to what has been a very rough month for stocks. In fact, both August and September saw weakness, living up to their reputation as a potentially troublesome timeframe based on seasonality. Most might not remember it now, but the first half of 2023 was one …

“I don’t make jokes. I just watch the government and report the facts.” -Will Rogers As you’ve probably heard by now, the government is on the brink of shutting down unless Congress connects on a Hail Mary to pass a dozen spending bills before the September 30 funding deadline. The odds are this won’t happen …