Market Insights

Bi-MONTHLY MARKET ANALYSIS & ECONOMIC UPDATES February 8, 2024 SP 500 5000 Almost… Due to the Great Financial Crisis (GFC), financial markets around the world crashed. The U.S. stock market, represented by the SP 500 plummeted nearly 55% between November of 2007 and March of 2009. As the chart above shows, the SP 500 bottomed … Continue reading “ERPE Excerpts 2.8.2024 SP 500 5000”

RESEARCH UPDATE February 2, 2024 CVX Q4 Earnings Results  CVX Report You likely know by now, today Chevron announced its fourth quarter 2023 earnings and financial results. We were delighted to read the positive report, and we were not alone. Wall Street applauded the news, boosting CVX stock higher by nearly 3% to over $152. … Continue reading “Chevron Q4 Earnings Highlights February 2, 2024”

The Market Monthly Podcast JANUARY 2024 Media Contact: John J. Gardner, CFP®, CPM® 888.985-PLAN blackhawkwealthadvisors.com jg@blackhawkwealthadvisors.com John Gardner, CFP®, CPM® is happy to announce his podcast – The Market Monthly. This monthly podcast is a review of the market’s highlights in the month just past and insights of the market for the month ahead. You can listen … Continue reading “Announcing New Podcast…The January Market Monthly.24”

Bi-MONTHLY MARKET ANALYSIS & ECONOMIC UPDATES January 25, 2024 Top 10 over 10 Years This time last year I wrote about the Top 20 over 20. It highlighted the top 20 most viewed ERPE Excerpts over the prior 20 years. Today’s ERPE Excerpts looks back at the archives of past notes and revisits the top 10 most read in the … Continue reading “ERPE Excerpts 1.25.2024 Top 10 of 10”

Bi-MONTHLY MARKET ANALYSIS & ECONOMIC UPDATES January 11, 2024 CES 2024 AI Theme Park I first wrote about CES (Consumer Electronic Show) in 2015. How time flies! Back then, attendance was expected to break 2014’s record of 160,000. It did. There were 170,000 professional/industry attendees at CES 2015. New attendance records continued until 2020. In … Continue reading “ERPE Excerpts 1.11.2024 CES 2024”

John and Blackhawk Wealth Advisors are honored to again be invited to contribute to this year’s annual MoneyShow’s Top Picks Report 2024. John and over 90 other investment professionals are featured with their best investment ideas for the new year. We have attached the entire report. The link above will take you to this year’s … Continue reading “MoneyShow’s 2024 Top Picks”

The Market Monthly Podcast DECEMBER 2023 Media Contact: John J. Gardner, CFP®, CPM® 888.985-PLAN blackhawkwealthadvisors.com jg@blackhawkwealthadvisors.com John Gardner, CFP®, CPM® is happy to announce his podcast – The Market Monthly. This monthly podcast is a review of the market’s highlights in the month just past and insights of the market for the month ahead. You can listen … Continue reading “Announcing New Podcast…The December Market Monthly”

Happy New Year! For most investors, last year was happy. My annual Outlook last year was titled, “The Bear Should Flee in 2023“. It sure did! 2023 was one of the best bull markets ever for growth stocks. The final weeks of 2023 couldn’t have gone much better for the stock market. The S&P 500 … Continue reading “New Year Outlook 2024”

NEW YEAR MARKET & ECONOMIC OUTLOOK December 31, 2023 2024 OUTLOOK What’s in Store for 2024 Happy New Year! For most investors, last year was happy. My annual Outlook last year was titled, “The Bear Should Flee in 2023”. It sure did! 2023 was one of the best bull markets ever for growth stocks. The final … Continue reading “2024 Outlook.2”

BWA announces… John is an AIF® We are happy to announce that John has been awarded the Accredited Investment Fiduciary® (AIF®) Designation. The AIF® Designation signifies specialized knowledge of fiduciary responsibility and the ability to implement policies and procedures that meet a defined standard of care. The designation is the culmination of a rigorous training … Continue reading “Announcing AIF”