Barry Gilbert

The consumer price index (CPI) grew just 4.9% year-over-year in April, down from a peak of 9.1% back in June 2022. With the U.S. now roughly a year past peak inflation, LPL Financial asset allocation strategist Barry Gilbert recently took a look back at how the SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust (NYSE: SPY...

The SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust SPY (NYSE: SPY) traded lower by 1.2% on Thursday morning after the Labor Department reported a 7.9% increase in the consumer price index in the month of February, the largest inflation growth since 1982. What Happened: The headline CPI rose 7.9% in February, above...

The SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust (NYSE: SPY) traded lower by 1.3% on Thursday morning after the Labor Department reported a 7.5% increase in the consumer price index in the month of January, the fastest inflation growth since 1982. What Happened: The headline CPI rose 7.5% in January, outpacing...

The SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust (NYSE: SPY) traded lower by 0.2% Friday morning after the Labor Department reported encouraging U.S. jobs market numbers from January. The U.S. added 467,000 jobs in January, beating consensus economist estimates of 150,000 jobs. The U.S. unemployment rate ticked...

The SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust (NYSE: SPY) traded higher by 0.4% on Wednesday morning after the Labor Department reported a 7% increase in the consumer price index in the month of December, the fastest inflation growth since 1982. What Happened: The headline CPI rose 7% in November, in-line with...

The Delta variant of COVID-19 has created another wave of cases in the U.S. and produced growing volatility in stocks that were heavily impacted during the original pandemic shutdowns in 2020. Some investors are growing increasingly concerned that the current spike in COVID-19 cases could trigger a...

The S&P 500’s bullish momentum in the second half of 2020 has continued in the first half of 2021. The SPDR S&P 500 ETF (NYSE: SPY) is up another 13.2% year to date, driven in large part by aggressive stimulus policies out of Washington. Looking ahead, LPL Research Asset Allocation...