Curious about what's happening in the stock market? Every month, the alooola® team summarizes the key takeaways in a quick, easy-to-understand article! What Do I Need to Know? Bounce Back •2022 was a year to forget for many investors. •Traditionally safe U.S. Treasuries lost 17%, alternative investments like bitcoin lost roughly 60%, and the S&P 500 fell 20%. •Many investors hope 2023 will be better since the S&P 500 has only dropped in consecutive years four times since 1928

Curious about what's happening in the stock market? Every month, the alooola® team summarizes the key takeaways in a quick, easy-to-understand article! What Do I Need to Know? The Obsession with Recession •The Federal Reserve has continued raising interest rates in an attempt to tame inflation, with rates in 2022 surging to 15-year highs. •The economy has fallen into a recession 9 of the past 12 times the Fed tightened monetary policy by raising interest rates. •This may be o

Curious about what's happening in the stock market? Every month, the alooola® team summarizes the key takeaways in a quick, easy-to-understand article! What Do I Need to Know? Midterm Optimism •This year is the first time that both stocks and bonds have lost money for 3 consecutive quarters since 1931. •Despite pessimism about the near-term outlook, this year is a midterm election year, and the stock market has typically performed well in the year following midterm elections

Curious about what's happening in the stock market? Every month, the alooola® team summarizes the key takeaways in a quick, easy-to-understand article! What Do I Need to Know? Recession to Recovery •A recent survey of economists has the probability of a recession in the next 12 months at 63%, up from 49% in July. •The average U.S. recession since 1947 has seen stocks fall around 30%. •Yet, sometimes bad news is good news. •At its lowest point, the stock market has droppe

Curious about what's happening in the stock market? Every month, the alooola® team summarizes the key takeaways in a quick, easy-to-understand article! What Do I Need to Know? Market •Less than 1% of the stocks in the S&P 500 finished higher during mid-September, something that has happened only 28 other times since 1940. •On average the index gained 15.6% over the following 12 months after such an occurrence and was higher 79% of the time. •So far this year the S&P 500 is do

Curious about what's happening in the stock market? Every month, the alooola® team summarizes the key takeaways in a quick, easy-to-understand article! What Do I Need to Know? Market •The beginning of 2022 was painful for the stock market, with the S&P 500 falling -20.6% in the first 6 months, for the worst first half since 1970. •In June the market had bottomed out, but July brought an incredible rally. •In fact, July 2022 was the best July ever with a +9.2% return. •By mid-

Curious about what's happening in the stock market? Every month, the alooola® team summarizes the key takeaways in a quick, easy-to-understand article! What Do I Need to Know? Market •The S&P 500 dropped 20.6% during the first 6 months of 2022, marking its worst first half of the year since 1970. •There have been 14 bear markets since World War II, including the one we are experiencing today. •It took 14 months on average for stocks to get back to break-even (i.e., the level

Curious about what's happening in the stock market? Every month, the alooola® team summarizes the key takeaways in a quick, easy-to-understand article! What do I need to know? Market • Inflation is rapidly rising, causing the prices of goods and services to surge, with airfare prices skyrocketing 37.8%, fuel prices climbing 106.7%, and meat prices up 12.3% over the past year. • The Federal Reserve has now increased interest rates by the highest amount since 1995, in the hope

By the alooola® Team In 1987 the New York Times ran a story titled, “Why Owning a Home Is the American Dream.” Three and a half decades later, it’s hard not to feel as if millennials are waking up to the harsh reality that owning a home is just that…a dream. During the global pandemic, 33% of individuals between the ages of 18-34 were living back at home with their begrudgingly supportive parents. As the quarantine environment finally began to subside, this generation of yo

Curious about what's happening in the stock market? Enjoy alooola's May 2022 Money Monthly, a summary of the key takeways!