Facts Vs Feelings Take 5 – You’re Downgraded

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! In this episode of Carson’s Take Five, Ryan and Sonu break down what’s driving the recent surge in interest rates, whether Chi …

As we noted last week, the S&P 500 had fallen more than 10% in two days on April 3 and 4, one of the worst two-day declines ever. We also noted that fear and uncertainty was dominating the headlines and that any good news could spark a rally. Well, that happened last week.

After weeks of volatility, the markets finally gave us something to smile about! In this episode of Carson’s Take 5, Ryan and Sonu break down what sparked the historic market rally, what it could mean for investors, and whether this good news has staying power. Spoiler: It might all c …

As of now, the S&P 500 has avoided officially entering a bear market. There is plenty of detailed analysis of the current state of the market out there; in fact, I’ve been doing my own. But let’s put aside the nitty-gritty of the details for a second. Today, I want to walk you through 1 …

What Just Happened and How Rare Was It? Wednesday afternoon was President Trump’s much-anticipated tariff announcement, branded “Liberation Day.” There’s a lot to sort out on the potential impact, but the short-term market reaction has been decidedly negative and that’s been rough. It bring …

Tariffs are here and in a big, big way, much bigger than anyone expected. And the levels shared by President Trump aren’t really reciprocal tariffs. The calculation of new tariff rates is based on the trade deficit the US has with each country and has nothing to do with actual tariffs other …

In this episode of Carson’s Take Five, Ryan Detrick, Chief Market Strategist at Carson Group discusses the latest developments on tariffs and their impact on the market. With Sonu away, Ryan dives into the market’s reaction to new tariffs set to take effect and what they mean for investors. …

Uncertainty Still Prevails After a promising Monday (S&P 500 up 1.8%) stocks stalled over the rest of the week. The S&P 500 ended up down 1.5% for the week and is now down 9.0% from the February 19 highs, but only down 4.8% for the year.

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! In this episode of “Carson’s Take Five,” we bring a mix of global macro insights with on-the-ground observations from Istanbul. Whil …

Now What? Last week, we discussed how the S&P 500 officially moved into a correction (down more than 10% from the February 19th peak). We noted then that most years (even some of the best years) see volatility and scary headlines, with many of those years seeing a 10% correction at some …