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Successful investing begins with being informed. Read the insights of top Schwab professionals and keep up with the daily flux of the stock market.

US Market Commentary

Market Commentary

What Do Rising Rates Mean for Stock Investors?

Global benchmark yields are moving higher along with economic sentiment. We expect yields to remain positively correlated to market returns, favoring cyclical and value stocks.
January 18, 2022
Market Commentary

Schwab Market Perspective: Bumps in the Road

The effects of the COVID-19 virus have continued to drive—and brake—economic growth.
January 14, 2022
Ask Carrie

Questions New Investors Are Afraid to Ask: Part 1

New to investing? Here's Part 1 of a 3-part series to answer questions and help you move forward with confidence.
January 12, 2022
Bond Insights

The Fed’s Policy Tightening Plan: A One-Two Punch

Beginning quantitative tightening soon after rate hikes is a big departure from the Federal Reserve’s past policy.
January 11, 2022
Market Commentary

We Can Work It Out: Update on Labor Market

The December payrolls report was mostly underwhelming and underscored persistent virus-related data distortions within the labor market.
January 10, 2022
Ask Carrie

Budget Busters and Boosters for a Fresh Start

The new year can be the ideal time to give your finances a fresh look—and a fresh start.
January 5, 2022
Bond Insights

2022 International Bonds Outlook: Neutral, for Now

A change in fundamentals could make international bonds more attractive.
December 23, 2021
Market Commentary

Top Global Risks of 2022

Despite the strong year for stocks in 2021, markets have confidently priced in some negative trends gathering more momentum in 2022 which may help markets, should trends reverse.
December 20, 2021
Market Commentary

Moving in Stereo: Churn and Rotations Causing Swings in Sentiment

Investor sentiment is one key to shorter-term market swings; with euphoria preceding September’s and late-November’s pullbacks; but better conditions in place … for now.
December 13, 2021
Market Commentary

Omicron: Will the Virus Wave Pattern Repeat?

COVID-19 is becoming endemic rather than pandemic.
December 6, 2021
2022 Schwab Market Outlook

2022 U.S. Market Outlook: Under Pressure

While economic stress is easing as we turn to 2022, so are the market’s stellar gains, as the virus continues to determine the expansion’s trajectory.
November 29, 2021
2022 Schwab Market Outlook

2022 Global Outlook: Slowing But Not Slow

Persistent high-tide growth is likely to help float the global economy safely over the rocks of risks in 2022, despite waves of worries: COVID, inflation, shortages & rate hikes.
November 22, 2021
Portfolio Management

The Appeal of Buyback Stocks

Are companies that repurchase their shares poised for outperformance?
November 18, 2021
Market Commentary

Mysterious Ways: Bullish Sentiment Grows, With Positive Offsets

Both the market’s churn and success have bred a resurgence in optimism which, for now, has been positively offset by strong breadth and firm profit margins.
November 15, 2021
Market Commentary

Will Shortages Lead to Gluts?

After a year of supply shortages, the global economy may be closer to the end of the supply chain problems than the beginning.
November 8, 2021
Market Commentary

Begin the Begin: Fed Announces Start of Tapering

The Fed announced details of balance sheet tapering, but emphasized that the pace might be adjusted depending on inflation and economic trends heading into 2022.
November 3, 2021
Market Commentary

You’ve Got to Earn It: Earnings Growth Strong, But Descending

Earnings season has been stellar so far, although the growth rate is well off its prior quarter peak, with profit margins in focus looking ahead.
November 1, 2021
Market Commentary

SPACs: What Investors Should Know Now

The speculative exuberance around special purpose acquisition companies (SPACs) seems to be over, but investors still have questions about them.
October 25, 2021
Market Commentary

Will Services Offset Weakness in Manufacturing?

Services make up more of the economy, jobs, and the stock market. The time has come to focus on services data to get a sense of the overall economic picture.
October 25, 2021
Bond Insights

Bond Market Blues: High Inflation and Low Yields

Where does the fixed income market go from here?
October 18, 2021

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