Weekly Market Commentary

4/4/22 OUR STOCK MARKET FINAL FOUR

Jeff Buchbinder, CFA, Equity Strategist, LPL Financial
Jeffrey Roach, PhD, Chief Economist, LPL Financial
Lawrence Gillum, CFA, Fixed Income Strategist, LPL Financial 

As the Final Four NCAA Basketball Tournament rolls on in New Orleans, we continue our tradition of picking a stock market final four. We have identified our four key factors for the stock market outlook: 1) Consumer spending, 2) Earnings, 3) Interest rates, and 4) Inflation. We also celebrate last year’s winner: COVID-19 vaccines. We discuss these four factors, how they may influence markets this year, and pick our winner.