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.
April Market Volatility Update
We came into 2025 expecting a pickup in market volatility. It has not taken long for those expectations to be met, and then some. As we feared it would, the combination of optimistic businesses and consumers with equity and credit markets priced for perfection proved to be combustible when policy uncertainty was added to the mix.
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.
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: “Pandemic-era bubble valuations are necessary for markets to rise 15-20%,” says NewEdge’s Dawson
Cameron Dawson, CFA®, NewEdge Wealth Chief Investment Officer, recently joined CNBC's “Squawk Box” to discuss her...
Watch the Replay: 2023 Outlook
Hosted by NewEdge Wealth’s CEO and Co-Founder, Rob Sechan, and Chief Investment Officer, Cameron Dawson, the two take a deeper dive into our newly released 2023 Outlook, including the economy, policy, and markets in 2023.
Behind the Scenes with Rob Sechan
In addition to his busy schedule as the Managing Partner of NewEdge Capital Group and CEO of NewEdge Wealth, Rob Sechan, can frequently be seen on CNBC and various media outlets. What goes on behind the scenes? Here’s a sneak peek.
CNBC Appearance: “Investors need to be as data dependent as the Fed,” says NewEdge’s Cameron Dawson
Cameron Dawson, Chief Investment Officer, recently joined CNCB’s “Closing Bell: Overtime” to discuss the Fed, her inflationary outlook, and risks in valuations.
Bloomberg Appearance: NewEdge’s Cameron Dawson discusses the deep inversion in yield curves
Cameron Dawson, Chief Investment Officer, recently joined Bloomberg’s “Real Yield” to discuss the deep inversion in yield curves, what these inversions are telling us about the economic backdrop, and how to interpret a future re-steepening of the curves.
ONWARD: Episode 3
Robin Petty, Managing Director and Head of Wealth Strategy at NewEdge Wealth sits down with Doug Knight, Chief Executive Officer at WorldTEK Travel Management, in our latest episode of “ONWARD.”
CNBC Appearance: “The Fed wants to see the labor market ease,” says NewEdge’s Cameron Dawson
Cameron Dawson, NewEdge Wealth Chief Investment Officer, joins CNBC’s ‘Squawk Box’ to break down her expectations for the Federal Reserve’s looming interest rate decision and explains what it could mean for markets.
Fearless Women: Women Who Board
Today, women hold almost 31% of all S&P board seats (up from just 22% in 2017.) We applaud this achievement and look forward to what the future holds for female directorships.
CNBC Appearance: “We think this rally can continue,” says NewEdge’s Cameron Dawson
Cameron Dawson, NewEdge Wealth Chief Investment Officer, joins ‘Closing Bell: Overtime’ to discuss the longest rally for the Dow since 2021, the Fed, and its impact on her market outlook.