Brad McMillan, CIO, Commonwealth Financial Network
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Brad McMillan is the chief investment officer at Commonwealth Financial Network, the nation’s largest privately held independent broker/dealer-RIA. He is the primary spokesperson for Commonwealth’s investment divisions. This post originally appeared on The Independent Market Observer, a daily blog authored by Brad McMillan.
Pandemic Economic Damage Gets Worse
by Brad McMillan, CIO, Commonwealth Financial Network The third wave of the pandemic may be showing signs of…
December 17, 2020
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…
October 28, 2020
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…
October 13, 2020
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…
October 7, 2020
Where Bear? There Bear!
by Brad McMillan, CIO, Commonwealth Financial Network My son has a stuffed bear he got when he was…
March 15, 2020
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…
December 27, 2019
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…
December 3, 2019
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…
October 31, 2019
The Power of We
by Brad McMillan, CIO, Commonwealth Financial Network WeWork has been one of the trending business topics in recent…
October 23, 2019
A Look Back at the Markets in May and Ahead to June 2019
by Brad McMillan, CIO, Commonwealth Financial Network “Sell in May and go away” was certainly on point last…
June 5, 2019
Should We Ignore Recent Market Volatility?
by Brad McMillan, CIO, Commonwealth Financial Network After Monday’s terrible performance—with U.S. stock markets down more than 2…
May 16, 2019
Investors: Sell in May and Go Away?
by Brad McMillan, CIO, Commonwealth Financial Network Today we will take a look at an old investing adage:…
May 3, 2019
The Great Financial Crisis: 10 Years Ago This Week
by Brad McMillan, Chief Investment Officer, Commonwealth Financial Network There has been much discussion recently about how the…
September 14, 2018