Ryan Detrick

Personal politics aside, savvy investors are looking ahead to the 2020 U.S. presidential election as the next major stock market catalyst. The latest national polls show Democratic nominee Joe Biden leading incumbent Republican President Donald Trump by an average of 7.1%, according to...

Personal politics aside, savvy investors are looking ahead to the 2020 U.S. presidential election as the next major stock market catalyst. The latest national poll by the Wall Street Journal and NBC News shows Democratic nominee Joe Biden leading President Donald Trump by 9%. While 2016 proved...

The S&P 500 index marked a major milestone this week, closing at its first record high since the coronavirus outbreak began wreaking havoc on the U.S. economy back in February. Monday’s closing price of 3,389.78 market uncharted territory for the S&P 500, but many investors are...

The Last Week In A Nutshell What Happened: “This is a subdued market. We have recovered from the shock, but there have been a lot of sectors not really participating that much on the upside,” said ARK Invest CEO and CIO Catherine Wood. Remember This: “2020 is a year that is...

The Past Week, In A Nutshell What Happened: Stocks closed the week higher after investors regained optimism regarding a sustained recovery. Remember This: “Earnings season has been very impressive so far, now you can couple that with the employment backdrop quickly improving as well. Not a...

The Last Week In A Nutshell What Happened: The S&P 500 experienced its best quarter since 1998, adding 20%. "A 20% quarterly gain is quite rare, but the catch is previous large quarterly gains have actually led to continued strength. In fact, a quarter later stocks have been higher...

Few people saw President Donald Trump’s 2016 election victory coming. The stock market is a leading indicator, and LPL Financial Senior Market Strategist Ryan Detrick said the market got it right with Trump in 2016 and could once again help investors know what to expect on Election Day 2020....

The Last Week In A Nutshell What Happened: “The S&P 500 is up 1.3% month-to-date (through June 25), but has struggled to push higher as it moves towards its previous peak,” said Lindsey Bell, chief investment strategist for Ally Financial, Inc-owned (NYSE: ALLY) Ally Invest. “...

The S&P 500 has gained a record 39.6% since it hit its 2020 low back on March 23. Not only has that rally erased much of the year’s COVID-19-related losses, it's also the best 50-day stretch in the history of the market. After such a strong rally, traders are understandably getting...

It’s that time of year every year where “sell in May and go away” articles and trading recommendations start popping up everywhere. But is sell in May an actual thing that traders should take seriously or is it purely entertainment at this point? As it turns out, the answer is an...

Despite the Columbus Day banking holiday, there was still a lot of news to cover on Monday's PreMarket Prep show. After the furious rally Friday, when a deal with China looked imminent, the market took the news that China wanted "more talks" in stride. At the start of the show, the S...

It’s been roughly 27 years since Bill Clinton campaign strategist James Carville succinctly broke down the key to the 1992 election. “It’s the economy, stupid,” Carville said. Despite its overly simplistic message, there has been a surprising amount of truth to Carville...

The S&P 500 continued its trade war slide on Monday, falling more than 2% after China retaliated to the latest round of tariffs from U.S. President Donald Trump. China Retaliates Bloomberg reported China has halted all purchases of U.S. agricultural products. The retaliation from China comes...

If history is any indication of future performance, investors should expect a pullback in stocks throughout the rest of 2019, Ryan Detrick, senior market strategist at LPL Financial, told CNBC. What Happened From a historical perspective, when the S&P 500 gains 10% throughout the first half of...

Every year on May 1, the phrase “sell in May and go away” starts trending on Wall Street. With the S&P 500 up 17 percent year-to-date, traders are taking a close look at whether or not they should take the next six months off from the stock market. What Is Sell In May? The basis...