Latest Investments & Planning Insights
Market Insights
Below, you’ll find the market commentary published by the team at NewEdge Wealth, including our Weekly Edge, published at the end of each trading week, our Yearly Outlooks, and additional insights throughout the year.
Leveraging Uncertainty to Provide Stability
With uncertainty on the rise and market sentiment faltering, investors may be starting to second-guess their portfolio risk to avoid future haymakers that equity markets may throw. Portfolio strategies that provide investors with a degree of downside protection against equity loss and defined return outcomes can be a powerful tool to keep otherwise fearful investors aligned with (their financial) plan.
Goodbye, Sunshine
The Street has started coming around to our view of more challenged equity market returns and lower GDP growth for the year, singing “Goodbye, Sunshine” to bright S&P 500 targets and cutting estimates for the full year. The median YE 2025 forecast for the S&P 500 has been trimmed from 6,600 in mid-February to 6,430 today (Bloomberg).
Call It
Spring has barely sprung, but our expectations for wide and choppy ranges in both interest rates and stock prices in 2025 have already been met…and then some. What markets do on a day-to-day basis – and what new policy announcements may drive them – has begun to feel like a coin toss.
Fear Inoculum
Individual fear is an inevitable emotion when markets are lurching lower and headlines are filled with talk of recession, but as the above analysis shows, when aggregate fear spikes and becomes the consensus emotion, it usually behooves investors to find that “long overdue immunity” to their own individual fears and embrace contrarian optimism.
Wealth Strategy
A successful wealth strategy process benefits from a team of advisors, collectively focused on the goals specific to your family. Below are some of the insights and strategies the team at NewEdge has published on what it means to have a wealth strategy, rather than a simple financial plan.
Podcasts, Media Appearances & Webinars
CNBC Appearance: “The current market correction hasn’t been growth-related,” says NewEdge Wealth’s Cameron Dawson, CFA®
Cameron Dawson, Chief Investment Officer, recently joined CNBC’s “Squawk Box” to discuss the latest market trends, rest of year outlook, and more.
CNBC Appearance: “Recession may not hit until the end of the first half of 2024,” says NewEdge Wealth’s Cameron Dawson, CFA®
Cameron Dawson, Chief Investment Officer, joins CNBC’s closing bell to discuss markets, the economic reports from this week, and what it means for the fall season.
CNBC Appearance: Rob Sechan’s take on the latest job reports and the path ahead for your money.
Rob Sechan, CEO and Co-Founder, joins CNBC’s “Halftime Report” to discuss his take on the latest job reports, the path ahead for your money, the best place to be right now, and more.
CNBC Appearance: “Keep long-term goals in sight,” says NewEdge Wealth’s Cameron Dawson, CFA®
Cameron Dawson, NewEdge Wealth’s Chief Investment Officer, joins CNBC’s “Closing Bell” to discuss the market seasonality and market laggards.
2023 Mid-Year Outlook
Chief Investment Officer, Cameron Dawson, CFA®, was joined by NewEdge Wealth’s Ben Emons, Jay Peters, CFA®, and Maxwell Snyder. Together, they discussed equities, fixed income, and alternative investments in the ever-evolving economic landscape of 2023.
CNBC Appearance: “Optimism around A.I. is one of the things driving the market higher,” says NewEdge Wealth’s Cameron Dawson
Cameron Dawson, Chief Investment Officer, recently joined CNBC’s “Closing Bell’ to discuss the recession risk from rising rates, the recent market rally, and more.
CNBC Appearance: “Tech valuations disconnecting from interest rates,” says NewEdge Wealth’s Rob Sechan
Rob Sechan, Co-Founder and CEO, joins ‘Halftime Report’ to discuss trimming positions of Nvidia and Palo Alto Networks, risk associated with AI investments, and how the market is factoring in Fed rate changes.
CNBC Appearance: “Liquidity has been a tailwind for stocks this year,” says NewEdge Wealth’s Cameron Dawson
Cameron Dawson, NewEdge Wealth Chief Investment Officer, joins CNBC’s “Closing Bell” to discuss the market rally, the Fed’s next move and market outlook.
The Executive Edge: Bob McCann
Rich Ina, Partner at NewEdge Wealth, sits down with Bob McCann, Co-Chairman of NewEdge Capital Group. Mr. McCann spent the first 26 years of his career at Merrill Lynch, beginning as a trader and rising through the ranks to lead one of the world’s largest wealth management businesses as Vice Chairman and President of Global Wealth Management.