The U.S. economy added 467,000 jobs in January, well ahead of the consensus estimate of 125,000, and December’s disappointment was wiped off the books after being revised upward from 199,000 to 510,000. Seasonal adjustments in January are often challenging and today’s upside surprise should probably be greeted with some skepticism. Nevertheless, a strong print in the month when the economic damage from Omicron likely peaked certainly tilts positive for the economic outlook. While good news for the economy, S&P 500 futures dipped modestly following the release on concerns over a potentially aggressive Federal Reserve (Fed).

The Federal Reserve (Fed) has made a decidedly hawkish pivot, with fed funds futures now expecting five rate hikes in 2022. For our full breakdown of the latest Fed meeting, please read our January 27 blog, Federal Reserve Meeting Recap: March is Officially Live. However, today we want to take a look at other years that had a lot of rate hikes.

“Five rates hikes in 2022 sounds pretty scary to a lot of investors who haven’t lived through a period of hiking,” explained LPL Financial Chief Market Strategist Ryan Detrick. “But we’ve seen many years with this many (or more) hikes and bad news isn’t

Sustainable investing hit several milestones in 2021, but continued to attract its critics. Below we look at how sustainable investing fits within the broader concept of sustainability, its growth during 2021, and an implementation framework that has been helpful for many. A well diversified sustainable investing portfolio doesn’t mean that an investor has to make a choice between achieving market-like returns and being an aware social and environmental steward.

Market volatility has been the dominant story for many investors in early 2022, but even as we focus on near term events it’s important to continue to track i

2022 has been one of the worst starts to a year ever for stocks. As of January 25, 2022, the S&P 500 is down 9.2% (on a closing basis) from the peak earlier this year, suggesting we are inching closer to a potential market correction of 10%, the first since March 2020.

In fact, it took the S&P 500 Index only 15 trading days to be down 10% for the year (on an intraday basis), one of the fastest ever as you can see here.

The action so far this week has been quite memorable as well, as both days saw stocks down significantly, only to recover later in the day, well off the lows. Incredibly, Monday w