2022 Market and Economic Outlook: Finding the Upside
by Brad McMillan, CFA®, CAIA, MAI, Managing Principal, Chief Investment Officer, Commonwealth Financial Network® As we closed out…
The Next 'Crisis': The Debt Ceiling
by Brad McMillan, CIO, Commonwealth Financial After the past several crises, some real and some manufactured, we are…
Are Consumers Losing Confidence?
by Brad McMillan, CIO, Commonwealth Financial One of the key indicators I follow is consumer confidence. With more…
Midyear Outlook 2021: The Long and Winding Road Back to Normal
by Brad McMillan, CFA®, CAIA, MAI, Managing Principal, Chief Investment Officer, Commonwealth Financial Network®, Member FINRA/SIPC If we…
Is the Stock Market in a Bubble?
by Brad McMillan, CIO, Commonwealth Financial Network There has been a lot of talk about whether the stock…
Pandemic Economic Damage Gets Worse
by Brad McMillan, CIO, Commonwealth Financial Network The third wave of the pandemic may be showing signs of…
Is the Recent Market Pullback a Good Thing?
by Brad McMillan, CIO, Commonwealth Financial Network Today, we have another down day in the markets, as the…
Is a Hopeful Market a Vulnerable One?
by Brad McMillan, CIO, Commonwealth Financial Network As of yesterday, the markets spiked again, taking the major indices…
Looking Back at the Markets in Q3 and Ahead to Q4 2020
by Brad McMillan, CIO, Commonwealth Financial Network September, as expected, was a difficult month, with markets in the…
Where Bear? There Bear!
by Brad McMillan, CIO, Commonwealth Financial Network My son has a stuffed bear he got when he was…
Outlook 2020: How Real Is the Risk of Recession?
by Brad McMillan, CFAÒ, CAIA, MAI, Commonwealth Financial Network As we close out the year, the economy looks…
12 Record Highs for the S&P: What Does It All Mean?
by Brad McMillan, CIO, Commonwealth Financial Network This morning, I saw a commentary piece that pointed out we…
Is Another Stock Market Record Reason to Cheer?
by Brad McMillan, CIO, Commonwealth Financial Network Yesterday, the market—or at least the S&P 500 and the Nasdaq…
The Power of We
by Brad McMillan, CIO, Commonwealth Financial Network WeWork has been one of the trending business topics in recent…
Earnings Season: Here We Go Again
by Brad McMillan, CIO, Commonwealth Financial Network This morning, I spent some time speaking with a client who…
