VettaFi Advisor Perspectives

2 days ago | advisorperspectives.com | Lance Roberts

In financial markets, few technical patterns generate as much attention and anxiety as the death cross. This ominous-sounding term refers to a crossover on a price chart when a short-term moving average, most commonly the 50-day moving average (50-DMA), drops below a long-term moving average, usually the 200-day moving average (200-DMA). The “death cross” is a fantastic headline for the media to generate clicks and views.

4 days ago | advisorperspectives.com | Aaron Brown

Banks including Goldman Sachs Group Inc. and JPMorgan Chase & Co. can thank the White House’s aggressive disruptions on tariff policy and other issues for record hauls from equities trading in the first quarter, when market volatility began to surge. Yet some lenders found weak loan demand, increased provisions for credit losses and reduced deal revenue weigh on earnings. Bank trading revenue has a dark side, too, where every dollar market makers collect is money investors pay.

4 days ago | advisorperspectives.com | Frank Holmes

Sign me up to receive email newsletters from VettaFi Advisor Perspectives The Dow Jones Industrial Average is a price-weighted average of 30 blue chip stocks that are generally leaders in their industry. The S&P 500 Stock Index is a widely recognized capitalization-weighted index of 500 common stock prices in U.S. companies. The Nasdaq Composite Index is a capitalization-weighted index of all Nasdaq National Market and SmallCap stocks.

4 days ago | advisorperspectives.com | Lance Roberts

When discussing inflation risk, consumer activity drives inflationary pulses in the economy. If we use a two-year average of corporate profits minus inflation, we can visualize that impact. As shown, inflationary increases, like tariffs, are only inflationary in the economy if they can be passed onto the consumer. Inflation surged in 2020 as corporations could pass on the bulk of the cost increases to consumers flush with cash. Today, to consumers.

1 week ago | advisorperspectives.com | Ryan Vlastelica

Audiences worldwide turn to Netflix for escapism. Wall Street is doing the same. The streaming-video giant is seen as well positioned to weather the turmoil roiling financial markets, given limited direct impact from tariffs and a nascent advertising business that’s fueling durable growth. In addition, Netflix Inc. subscriptions are viewed as one of the last things consumers will cancel in a recession, suggesting a high level of resilience even if economic conditions worsen.