Pick a benchmark, any benchmark, for U.S. stocks. Now explain why you chose that one, how it’s built, and why it accurately reflects the market. That suggestion is straightforward enough. The answers? Not nearly as simple.

These days in financial news, politics grab all the headlines, the Fed gets all the credit and coronavirus takes all the blame. With those three subjects dominating the media, nobody seems to have much interest in earnings.

The thing about historic news events is that they grab all the attention for themselves. Rioters storming the U.S. Capitol and a twice-impeached president have understandably been the focus of media — and our country — in the days since.

No matter how much a global pandemic has changed our lives, some things remain the same.

With the presidential election now behind us, investors need a new uncertainty to ponder. Fortunately, the markets are seldom short on subject matter.

“I can’t remember the last time we reached for yield and it worked out in our favor.”

Whatever it takes. That’s the unofficial policy the Federal Reserve has adopted in its mission to save the U.S. economy from the coronavirus. It’s also (by far) the biggest reason why stock prices have rallied more than 50% in less

Never before has the S&P 500 been as top-heavy as it is now.

When it comes to retirement, most of us can agree that sooner is better. Very few people commit 40-plus hours per week with the intention of working forever, which is why the most popular question we get asked when building