Scott Ladner

Yahoo Finance: Sectors to watch vs. sectors to avoid in 2025

Scott Ladner December 9, 2024

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FOX Business: How can Americans invest ‘through the new normal’?

Scott Ladner December 9, 2024

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Bloomberg Technology | China’s Tech, Tesla’s Surge, Bitcoin’ Stall

Scott Ladner November 25, 2024

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BNN Bloomberg: The Latest Homebuilder Data

Scott Ladner November 21, 2024

The latest homebuilder data could provide some promising signals for the housing market. Chief Investment

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Schwab Network: What’s next for small caps and the Fed?

Scott Ladner November 19, 2024

Chief Investment Officer Scott Ladner dove into the key forces shaping today’s markets during a

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CNBC: A “Red Sweep” not happening makes sense for bond yields pulling back.

Scott Ladner November 4, 2024

Inflation concerns, rather than growth expectations, could be behind the rise in 10-year yields, especially

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BNN Bloomberg: The Energy Sector Amid Geopolitical Tensions

Scott Ladner October 29, 2024

“We’re gaining on it.” The mega-cap growth to small-cap stock transition that is. A solid

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BNN Bloomberg: Market playbook for a Trump or Harris victory

Scott Ladner October 29, 2024

Chief Investment Scott Ladner joined BNN Bloomberg to discuss potential impacts of the U.S. election

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Fox: AI technology can speed up drug development

Scott Ladner October 21, 2024

We think a “barbell approach” combining both sectors and ETFs may be beneficial to balance

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Quarterly Report | The Road Back to Normal

Scott Ladner October 18, 2024

OVERVIEW Stocks posted another quarter of positive returns — despite some significant volatility along the

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BNN Bloomberg: Current macro landscape in the U.S.

Scott Ladner October 8, 2024

Chief Investment Officer Scott Ladner joined BNN Bloomberg for a wide-ranging conversation on the post-COVID

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Bloomberg Radio: Middle East Worries

Scott Ladner October 2, 2024

How do you harness the resilience of the U.S. consumer? With steady wage gains and

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Schwab Network: China’s Will-They-Won’t-They Stimulus Package

Scott Ladner October 2, 2024

During a recent conversation with Schwab Network, Chief Investment Officer Scott Ladner highlighted three key

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Yahoo Finance: Why investors can’t adjust portfolios in ‘a meaningful way’

Scott Ladner October 2, 2024

With recent Chinese stimulus measures stirring excitement in the markets, it’s easy to get caught

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CNBC: Defense stocks are probably not a bad place to be right now

Scott Ladner October 2, 2024

Defensive stocks have come into focus as global tensions have risen in recent weeks –

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BNN Bloomberg: The underleveraged U.S. consumer

Scott Ladner September 10, 2024

September holds its notorious history of challenging stocks. How could interest rate cuts affect the

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Fox: Why does the U.S. consumer feel like garbage?

Scott Ladner September 9, 2024

Regardless of stabilized delinquency rates and healthy debt-to-income ratios, consumers do not believe this is

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Schwab: The “War and War Recovery” Cycle of the Markets

Scott Ladner September 4, 2024

Despite Nvida’s recent slump, the market kept moving. Chief Investment Officer Scott Ladner joins Schwab

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CNBC: The story with NVIDIA is about the economy adopting AI

Scott Ladner August 29, 2024

Watch out above. Here comes revenue per employee. Chief Investment Officer Scott Ladner joins CNBC

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Schwab Network: “Fed put” is alive and well.

Scott Ladner August 15, 2024

Homebuilders and housing stocks may be a smart first play for the anticipated September cut

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BNN Bloomberg: AI to boost productivity by 20-30%

Scott Ladner August 12, 2024

Slower numbers do not necessarily mean weak numbers. Chief Investment Officer Scott Ladner joins BNN

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CNBC: Inflation has taken a back seat to employment and growth data

Scott Ladner August 12, 2024

The markets have shown remarkable resilience, rebounding from last Monday’s sell-off. But is it time

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Yahoo Finance: Friday’s Market Sell-Off a ‘Technical-Driven Unwind’

Scott Ladner August 2, 2024

The recent market volatility should prompt investors to take a deep breath and evaluate their

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Quarterly Report | The Road Ahead: Three Trends We’re Watching

Scott Ladner July 18, 2024

Overview Overall, stocks delivered another quarter of strong gains during the three-month period ending June

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CNBC: Need rate cuts to broaden the rally, not to keep it going

Scott Ladner July 3, 2024

Will the next round of AI earnings be impressive – or lackluster? Chief Investment Officer

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Schwab Network: Once The Fed Cuts, Will It Continue To Cut?

Scott Ladner June 21, 2024

Would a September rate cut be a political move? Chief Investment Officer Scott Ladner joined

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Fox Business: Tech is where earnings growth is in second half of year

Scott Ladner May 29, 2024

With GDP and inflation slowing, keep in mind our strong starting place. Chief Investment Officer

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CNBC: What is the next-gen AI trade?

Scott Ladner May 24, 2024

Where do you go from yesterday’s Fed-induced sell-off? CIO Scott Ladner joins CNBC Worldwide Exchange

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Fox Business: Generative AI is driving an ‘electrification boom’

Scott Ladner May 21, 2024

Utilities are the top performing sector this quarter. Is this the next AI play? Chief

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Bloomberg: Are we at the doorstep of a small-cap rally?

Scott Ladner May 7, 2024

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K_2CoH-Ju1o&t=8234s%20 Chief Investment Officer Scott Ladner joins Bloomberg to discuss large vs small business confidence.

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Yahoo! Finance: The new market needs a new catalyst

Scott Ladner May 7, 2024

Is the Fed out of play as a market catalyst at this point? Chief Investment

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Q1 2024 Report | Party Like It’s 1995?

Scott Ladner April 29, 2024

OVERVIEW Stocks during the first quarter of 2024 extended the rally that began late last

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The Fed’s bar to hike is almost impossibly high at this point.

Scott Ladner April 22, 2024

Chief Investment Officer Scott Ladner joins Mornings With Maria on Fox Business to analyze this

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Fox Business: Stop worrying about interest rates. (Unless you’re a small cap.)

Scott Ladner April 19, 2024

Chief Investment Officer Scott Ladner breaks down the chips and the materials and energy sectors

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Q1 2024 Review + Market Outlook Webcast

Scott Ladner April 12, 2024

Chief Investment Officer Scott Ladner and Head of Consulting Solutions Austin Fitch, CFA®, review the

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Fox: There’s some politicization about the Fed in reality

Scott Ladner March 7, 2024

The market has done well in the face of repricing to half of their initial

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CNBC: What’s ahead for the markets in March?

Scott Ladner March 4, 2024

We expect market broadening within the S&P rather than small or mid-caps.  Chief Investment Officer

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Fox: US economy riding on ‘strong tailwind’ of GDP growth

Scott Ladner February 12, 2024

Earnings momentum, disinflation, and a global easing cycle… is the US an attractive place to

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InvestmentNews: Overloading on stocks in retirement often makes sense

Scott Ladner February 7, 2024

Chief Investment Officer Scott Ladner joins Gregg Greenberg with InvestmentNews to share how Horizon’s goals-based

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Bloomberg Radio: Is it Japan’s time to shine?

Scott Ladner January 25, 2024

Until bazooka-style fiscal government spending is announced, we don’t see China as an attractive investment.

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CNBC: Markets will see more gains this year, led by under-hyped tech stocks

Scott Ladner January 23, 2024

A broader tech. trade could be the largest driver in 2024 as the market moves

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Fox Business: You can’t invest in China, ‘the economy’s doomed’

Scott Ladner January 22, 2024

  China would need massive fiscal spending to get out of its balance sheet recession

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BNN Bloomberg: Will AI raise revenue per employee?

Scott Ladner January 22, 2024

We appear to be in a war-recovery-like period, going through an abrupt normalization process, which

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Q4 2023 Quarterly Focus Article

Scott Ladner January 12, 2024

OVERVIEW Following a third-quarter slump, stocks roared back to life during the final three months

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Q4 2023 Review + Market Outlook Webcast

Scott Ladner January 11, 2024

Chief Investment Officer Scott Ladner and Head of Consulting Solutions Austin Fitch review the fourth

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Fox Business: It was not a normal business cycle.

Scott Ladner January 4, 2024

“This Covid cycle that we’ve just been through was not a traditional business cycle. It

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Bloomberg: Scott Ladner on Markets and Strategy

Scott Ladner December 4, 2023

Chief Investment Officer Scott Ladner discusses his outlook for markets and investment strategy. Watch Video

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CNBC: Divergence in stock performance

Scott Ladner November 17, 2023

Chief Investment Officer Scott Ladner joins CNBC to discuss the divergence in stock performance between

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The Claman Countdown: Big Tech and Investing Advice

Scott Ladner November 17, 2023

Chief Investment Officer Scott Ladner joins Fox Business ‘The Claman Countdown’ to provide investing advice.

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CIO Scott Ladner on BNN Powell’s Comments on Rising Rates

Scott Ladner November 14, 2023

Scott Ladner joins BNN Bloomberg to discuss the U.S. markets, and Powell’s recent comments on

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Q3 2023 Quarterly Focus Article

Scott Ladner October 25, 2023

OVERVIEW During the third quarter of 2023, investors hit “pause” on the rally that had

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CIO Scott Ladner joins BNN Bloomberg to discuss investing amid high rates.

Scott Ladner October 23, 2023

Bond market must get ‘under control’ before stocks rise again. Chief Investment Officer Scott Ladner

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Q3 2023 Review + Market Outlook Webcast

Scott Ladner October 10, 2023

https://www.horizoninvestments.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Q3-Webcast-Super-TB-Small_1.mp4 Chief Investment Officer Scott Ladner and Managing Director of Consulting Solutions Austin Fitch review

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CNBC: The Bear Case for Consumer Staples

Scott Ladner October 3, 2023

Look Outside of the Stocks that Gained from the Inflation Trade The staples companies were

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BNN Bloomberg: Upside in markets, cyclical commodities, and more

Scott Ladner September 21, 2023

Next-generation investing in AI will take hold in 2024 CIO Scott Ladner joined BNN Bloomberg

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A Possible Peak Soft Landing & A.I. Potential | Schwab Network

Scott Ladner August 25, 2023

CIO Scott Ladner joined Schwab Network to discuss recent employment and inflation data, factors behind

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Fox News | This AI boom is fundamentally important to the economy

Scott Ladner August 16, 2023

Chief Investment Officer Scott Ladner joined Fox News to provide critical tips to investors on ‘Mornings

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No hike but high rates, where do you put the money?

Scott Ladner August 4, 2023

CIO Scott Ladner joined Yahoo! Finance to discuss portfolio positioning and how to prepare for

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TD Ameritrade July 24, 2023 | The Importance of A.I. In Upcoming Earnings

Scott Ladner July 24, 2023

CIO Scott Ladner joined TD Ameritrade to discuss this week’s FOMC meeting and A.I.’s potential

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CNBC July 24, 2023 | CIO Scott Ladner

Scott Ladner July 24, 2023

Chief Investment Officer Scott Ladner joined CNBC to discuss what’s ahead for the busiest week

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Q2 2023 Quarterly Focus Article

Scott Ladner July 17, 2023

OVERVIEW During the second quarter of 2023, several key equity market indices built on their

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Q2 2023 Review + Market Outlook Webcast

Scott Ladner July 14, 2023

https://youtu.be/etvuMLvXBAM Chief Investment Officer Scott Ladner and Managing Director of Consulting Solutions Austin Fitch review

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“The strength of the US labor market is almost unbelievable…”

Scott Ladner July 6, 2023

Horizon Investments chief investment officer Scott Ladner analyzes the market as it enters the second

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CIO Scott Ladner joined TD Ameritrade Network to discuss A.I.

Scott Ladner June 2, 2023

A.I. could be the most important productivity-enhancing development for the global economy since the uptake

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Horizon Investments | Mid-Quarter Update

Scott Ladner May 30, 2023

CIO Scott Ladner, and Managing Director Austin Fitch, CFA® discuss the debt ceiling debate, disinflation,

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Horizon Investments Quarterly Focus: Q1 | Where do we go from here?

Scott Ladner April 27, 2023

Overview The idea that the financial markets “climb a wall of worry” by showing resilience

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Q4 Focus 2022: Navigating The Unknown

Scott Ladner January 30, 2023

Overview Financial markets suffered sizable—in some cases, historic—losses in 2022. Soaring inflation combined with an

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Scott Ladner’s thoughts on the market for 2023

Scott Ladner January 10, 2023

Hear Scott talk about areas of the market to watch in 2023, and his expectations

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Scott Ladner on ‘Mornings with Maria’: Will Headwinds be Tailwinds?

Scott Ladner January 6, 2023

Scott provides insight on the state of the market.

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Scott Ladner on CNBC Worldwide Exchange

Scott Ladner December 29, 2022

Ladner: We think there will be a lot of tailwinds for the markets in the

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The Fed’s Clarity Boosts Stocks—But For How Long?

Scott Ladner May 5, 2022

Investors liked what they heard from the Fed this week. The Federal Reserve Board raised

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$100 Oil in Sight, But Energy Supply & Demand Is Balanced Again

Scott Ladner February 10, 2022

Inflation sticker shock is spreading; 55% of the items in the Consumer Price Index have

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Disappearing Foreclosures Add to Home Price Inflation

Scott Ladner February 1, 2022

Inflation sticker shock is spreading; 55% of the items in the Consumer Price Index have

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Ripping Off the Easy-Money Band Aid

Scott Ladner January 28, 2022

Inflation sticker shock is spreading; 55% of the items in the Consumer Price Index have

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No Relief: Used Cars and Trucks Once Again Drove Up Inflation

Scott Ladner January 13, 2022

Inflation sticker shock is spreading; 55% of the items in the Consumer Price Index have

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Is Inflation Pressure Easing? Factory Input Costs Tumble Again

Scott Ladner January 6, 2022

Inflation sticker shock is spreading; 55% of the items in the Consumer Price Index have

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Many Americans Give Up on Inflation Remaining Tame

Scott Ladner December 16, 2021

Inflation sticker shock is spreading; 55% of the items in the Consumer Price Index have

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Another High Inflation Reading Pressures Fed to Speed Up the Taper

Scott Ladner December 10, 2021

Inflation sticker shock is spreading; 55% of the items in the Consumer Price Index have

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Booming U.S. Helps Snuff Out Fed’s ‘Transitory’ View of Inflation

Scott Ladner December 2, 2021

Inflation sticker shock is spreading; 55% of the items in the Consumer Price Index have

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Did We Just Reach Peak Inflation Pain?

Scott Ladner November 18, 2021

Inflation sticker shock is spreading; 55% of the items in the Consumer Price Index have

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Inflation Sticker Shock Is Spreading to More Everyday Products

Scott Ladner November 11, 2021

Inflation sticker shock is spreading; 55% of the items in the Consumer Price Index have

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Skyrocketing Energy Prices Bring Back Bad 1970s Memories

Scott Ladner October 6, 2021

Eye-popping jumps in energy prices worldwide has some people proclaiming we’re in a replay

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The Biggest Retirement Fear: Outliving My Money

Scott Ladner September 30, 2021

From the youngest to the oldest American workers – GenZ to Baby Boomers – their

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Many GenXers Agree: It’ll Take a Miracle to Have a Secure Retirement

Scott Ladner September 23, 2021

A large swath of the GenX population, many of whom are 20 years or less

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Long-Term Care Costs as Much as a New Porsche Sports Car

Scott Ladner September 16, 2021

The march higher in the cost of home health, assisted living or nursing home services

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Americans Seek Advice Amid Social Security’s Financial Stress

Scott Ladner September 9, 2021

American workers just got another jolt of bad news about the financial health of Social

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Powell Sees `Transitory’ Inflation; Shipping Offers Another Clue

Scott Ladner September 2, 2021

Federal Reserve Chairman Jay Powell repeated his view at last week’s Jackson Hole meeting that

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Ouch! Plunging Chinese Stocks Lag U.S. Equities by 32% in 2021

Scott Ladner August 26, 2021

There’s a record-breaking chasm opening up between American and Chinese stocks this year. The SPDR

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Does It Make Sense to Invest in Stocks When They’re at Record Highs?

Scott Ladner August 19, 2021

The Baby Boomer retirement wave, egged on by Covid, rolls on. Another 248,000 Americans over

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Over 65 Years Old and Working? It’s Not as Common Anymore

Scott Ladner August 12, 2021

The Baby Boomer retirement wave, egged on by Covid, rolls on. Another 248,000 Americans over

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Pandemic Economic Weirdness Captured in One Chart

Scott Ladner June 16, 2021

Capturing the pandemic’s weird real-world effects is reflected in how high above trend retail sales

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Home Prices to the Moon? Americans Say `No Thanks’

Scott Ladner June 9, 2021

Bidding wars for homes has soured people on reaching for the American dream: for the

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Pandemic’s Effect Erased in Job Market; Are We Back to Normal?

Scott Ladner June 1, 2021

What was a rumbling of change in the last few years is now barreling into

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Bewitched and Bewildered: Does High-Flying Crypto Fit Into Goals-Based Investment Plans?

Scott Ladner May 17, 2021

What was a rumbling of change in the last few years is now barreling into

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Capital Gains Taxes and S&P 500 Returns: Complete Strangers for Over 60 Years

Scott Ladner May 5, 2021

They’re very different Presidents, but what Joe Biden and Donald Trump have in common is

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Surging Spending on Big-Ticket Items, What Does It Mean for Inflation?

Scott Ladner April 30, 2021

They’re very different Presidents, but what Joe Biden and Donald Trump have in common is

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Inflation Fixation, Bubble Trouble

Scott Ladner April 28, 2021

They’re very different Presidents, but what Joe Biden and Donald Trump have in common is

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Americans Taking Early Retirement May Benefit from a Goals-Based Solution

Scott Ladner April 22, 2021

Millions of workers are retiring early. But not necessarily because they want to. The pandemic

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Many Investors Tried to Trade the Pandemic Plunge in Stocks

Scott Ladner April 8, 2021

When financial markets went haywire in March 2020, people pursuing a traditional financial plan may

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Widows Are at Higher Risk of Falling Into Poverty

Scott Ladner March 31, 2021

Of all the financial challenges facing retirees, being a widow can be one of the

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Are Bonds in a Bear Market? That’s the Wrong Question to Ask

Scott Ladner March 23, 2021

Nearly every day the financial news headlines trumpet the selloff in bonds and the rising

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Horizon Strategist Zachary Hill – Beyond Meme Stocks – an ETF Trends Webinar

Scott Ladner March 22, 2021

A common investor assumption is that bonds tend to go up in value when the

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Small-Cap EPS Growth Is Expected to Be 4x Faster than S&P 500

Scott Ladner March 18, 2021

Like the famous Energizer Bunny, small-capitalization stocks keep on going versus their larger peers. Year

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Biden, Trump Agree: Make America’s Growth Great Again

Scott Ladner March 16, 2021

They’re very different Presidents, but what Joe Biden and Donald Trump have in common is

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Scott Ladner’s Interview on CNBC Pro

Scott Ladner March 12, 2021

On Wednesday, March 10, 2021, Scott Ladner, Horizon’s Chief Investment Officer, spoke with CNBC Pro’s

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Soaring Innovation Companies Go Cold as Interest Rates Rise

Scott Ladner March 8, 2021

Does 2021 strike you as a replay of 1999? The investment theme now, as it

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Is now the time for ESG?

Scott Ladner March 3, 2021

Many investors and financial advisors are still in the dark on what ESG factor investing

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Horizon CIO Scott Ladner discusses the Expanding S&P 500 ESG Index

Scott Ladner March 3, 2021

A common investor assumption is that bonds tend to go up in value when the

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Fed’s Powell Battles Wall Street’s Bond Bears

Scott Ladner March 3, 2021

Federal Reserve chairman Jay Powell’s speaking engagement on March 4 is, in Horizon’s view, critical

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You May Need a Bigger Down Payment for a New Home

Scott Ladner February 26, 2021

Up, up and away for the price of a new single-family home, which reached a

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Emerging Markets Are Surging – And Evolving

Scott Ladner February 23, 2021

Investors who are globally diversified may be seeing that pay off at the start of

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Inflation Could Be Coming, Are You Ready?

Scott Ladner February 17, 2021

Inflation isn’t a problem now, but financial markets are saying it could be soon. Traders

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Disappearing Junk Bond Yields

Scott Ladner February 12, 2021

Here’s another knock against putting all of your retirement-income eggs in the bond market basket.

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Horizon CIO Scott Ladner discusses China in a DWS webinar

Scott Ladner February 12, 2021

A common investor assumption is that bonds tend to go up in value when the

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CIO Scott Ladner Optimistic About 2021

Scott Ladner February 12, 2021

A common investor assumption is that bonds tend to go up in value when the

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Do Bonds Really Offset the Stock Market’s Declines?

Scott Ladner February 11, 2021

A common investor assumption is that bonds tend to go up in value when the

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High & Mighty Stocks; Feeling Inflationary?; Game Stopped

Scott Ladner February 5, 2021

A record high for stocks…again. Earnings get much of the credit for the latest move.

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If Inflation Returns, Bond’s Diversification Power May Disappear

Scott Ladner February 4, 2021

When stocks fall, bonds rally. That’s standard market action today. And it makes bonds look

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