Edward Jones - Mae Luchetti: Financial Advisor

After a strong rally to kick off 2023, renewed inflation concerns have sparked worries of extended rate hikes, weighing on equity-market performance, including a pullback last week that has left the S&P 500 slightly in positive territory for the...

After a strong start to the year, market volatility in both stocks and bonds seems to have returned.

Key Takeaways: Markets declined last week as incoming inflation data have prompted a renewed lift in interest rates and adjusted market expectations around further Fed rate hikes this year.

Key Takeaways: The economy started the year on a solid footing.

Key Takeaways: The market rally this year has been impressive. Most asset classes have participated, and the laggards of last year have particularly outperformed.

Key Takeaways: 2023's stock market rally rolled on last week, helped by a downshift in Fed rate hikes, with the S&P 500 now up nearly 8% on the year.

Key takeaways After a positive start to the year in markets – in part driven by a better inflation narrative in the U.S. and globally – this past week investor sentiment seemed more mixed.

The year started with stocks rising, bond yields falling, and the U.S. dollar weakening, a mirror image of the trends that prevailed in 2022.

While inflation, rate hikes and geopolitical uncertainties have posed headwinds for the market lately, employment conditions have been a bright spot.

Financial services firm Edward Jones today announced it has raised more than $35 million toward its $50 million goal by the end of 2025 to support the Alzheimer's Association in the fight against Alzheimer's disease.