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Good Riddance, February The second half of February was rough, as worries over the economy, tariffs, and large cap tech weakness dominated the conversation. Here’s the thing. Yes, the year-to-date gains we saw in January have vanished, but as we’ve noted before, early in a post-election yea …

Welcome back to Carson’s Take Five with Ryan Detrick and Sonu Varghese! This week, we tackle the latest inflation data, why consumer expectations are rising, and why we still aren’t too concerned. From conflicting survey results to real-world business insights, we break down the numbers and …

Back at New Highs, Now What? What a year it has been already! Worries about tariffs, what President Trump might do next, the Fed, geopolitical drama, inflation, AI, and more have dominated the headlines and caused a good deal of worry for many investors in 2025. Yet, in the face of all of t …

Welcome back to Carson’s Take Five with Ryan Detrick, Chief Market Strategist at Carson Group, and Sonu Varghese, VP, Global Macro Strategist at Carson Group! Despite ongoing worries about tariffs, inflation, interest rates, and geopolitical concerns, the stock market has reached all-time h …

Some Worries We Have The S&P 500 is less than 0.1% away from new highs and up 4% on the year, on the heels of gaining 25% last year and in 2023. Yes, things have been very good for investors and fortunately we’ve been in the camp for more than two years now that we …

In this episode of Carson’s Take Five, Ryan and Sonu dive into the latest market trends and economic worries. While we remain bullish, there are always concerns to watch. This week, we discuss: Inflation Data: Is the Fed overreacting? February Market Trends: Historically a weak month—what d …

Stocks had another late week sell-off last week over continued concerns over more tariffs, but all in all, should we be surprised by this recent volatility? We know tariffs are top of mind, so we will dive into that this week, but a few quick comments on markets in general first.

Tariffs are back in the spotlight! In this episode of Carson’s Take 5, Ryan Detrick, Chief Market Strategist at Carson Group, and Sonu Varghese, VP, Global Macro Strategist at Carson Group break down the latest tariff announcements and their impact on global markets. We discuss: The new tar …

In Carson Investment Research’s 2025 Outlook, we looked at both policy opportunities and risks, including tariff policy, for markets in 2025. Our assessment was the impact of opportunities would likely significantly outweigh the impact of the risks. Our baseline view hasn’t changed, but the …

What a week it was, as we came into Monday morning with stocks down significantly over worries about Chinese AI-based company DeepSeek. We will discuss that more below, but the bottom line is despite the large losses we saw in large technology names on Monday, last week really held up quite …