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Week 1 Talking Points

Good Life Advisors – Talking Points – Week 1 Equities were down all week until Fridays Goldilocksish jobs report.  We got a slowing in wage growth, rising just 0.3% for the month while creating 223,000 new jobs. This helps the soft landing narrative where the fed can flip to a…

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Week 51 Talking Points

Good Life Advisors – Talking Points – Week 51 Merry Christmas and Happy New Year – With the first trading day of the new year approaching, please be reminded that WAM rebalancing is taking place next Tuesday, January 3rd. If you have accounts that need to be taken or need…

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Week 49 Talking Points

Good Life Advisors – Talking Points – Week 49 This week- Don’t Forget!!! Good Life is hosting an Intergenerational Wealth Transfer presentation presented by Cheri Brooks of Neuberger Berman this Thursday at 2:00 PM Eastern. Her presentation “Deepening Client Relationships and Growing Your Practice” was a highlight of the September…

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Week 48 Talking Points

Good Life Advisors – Talking Points – Week 48   US equities were slightly higher this week, with the S&P 500 rising above the 200 DMA for the first time since April while the Dow exited a bear market after Wednesday’s big rally. Communication services was the leader with strength…

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Week 47 Talking Points

Good Life Advisors – Talking Points – Week 47 US equities rose for the week with value slightly outperforming growth. Overall, a relatively quiet Thanksgiving week with few changes to the broader narrative. Latest upside driven by factors including peak-Fed narrative after November FOMC minutes showed officials seeing a slower pace of…

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Week 46 Talking Points

Good Life Advisors – Talking Points – Week 46 A number of headwinds in play this week as equities were dragged lower this week by a couple of factors. Fedspeak leaned hawkish, with some officials continuing to push the “higher for longer” narrative despite recent signs of easing inflationary pressure….

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Week 45 Talking Points

Good Life Advisors – Talking Points – Week 45 Markets Screamed High After Better Than Expected CPI Report On Thursday, the S&P rocketed higher 5.5% on marking its 15th largest one day percentage gain going back to 1950. There was follow through higher on Friday too which is very constructive….

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Week 44 Talking Points

Good Life Advisors – Talking Points – Week 44 Fed Hikes By Another 75 bp as Expected The Fed’s November FOMC meeting ended with a 75 bp hike, as expected. While the statement was seen as dovish, Chair Powell’s press conference hit on a number of hawkish themes, including no…

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Week 43 Talking Points

Good Life Advisors – Talking Points – Week 42 Markets Continued Rallying off the October 13th Lows The S&P 500 closed Friday at 3901, up 11.7% off the low on CPI day two Thursdays ago. Despite weathering some blows this week in the form of multiple megacap earnings disappointments, the…

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