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David Garrity on Bloomberg: Google, Facebook Are ’Best Houses In Bad Neighborhood’

Current Thoughts On The Market with S&P500 Down -16% Versus Wed 2/19 High Apart from the fact that 26mm Americans are filing for unemployment benefits, things are not that bad from a market perspective. Thanks to the massive and relatively rapid monetary and fiscal policy response, COVID has not taken the S&P 500 down as

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PODCAST: A Brighter Future with David Garrity & Rick Calhoun – Episode 10

To listen in Spotify, click here. Transcript: Hello and welcome to another episode of “A Brighter Future” Laidlaw & Co’s Podcast Series. I’m Rick Calhoun CEO of Laidlaw Wealth Management and I am fortunate again to be joined by David Garrity, Chief Market Strategist for Laidlaw & Co. Good Morning, David. Thank you again for

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Podcast: A BRIGHTER FUTURE, with Laidlaw, Episode #9 with David Garrity

Laidlaw “A Brighter Future” Podcast 1. Putting together this week’s episode, I was reminded of the famous opening paragraph from Charles Dickens’ novel, “A Tale of Two Cities,” – “It was the best of times, it was the worst of times” and I think our listeners would agree. On the “best of times” front, we

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Podcast: A BRIGHTER FUTURE, with Laidlaw – Episode #8 Laidlaw Five with David Garrity

“Laidlaw Five” Podcast – Monday 4/13/20 . Click here to listen to replay. 1. We had a holiday shortened week that produced a +12% move up in the S&P 500, +13% for the Dow and +11% for the NASDAQ. So, is that an “All Clear” for investors or is this one those “Rip Your Face

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A BRIGHTER FUTURE, with Laidlaw – Episode #7 Laidlaw Five with David Garrity

To listen to podcast, click here. “Laidlaw Five” Podcast – Monday 4/6/20 – SCRIPT. 1. QUESTION: After last week’s developments (e.g. March 2020 Employment Report, Oil Price Spike, COVID-19 Coronavirus (“COVID19”) spread), what are the near-term factors driving the markets? ANSWER: Right now, there are estimates that the U.S. economy is operating at 75% of

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Podcast – A BRIGHTER FUTURE, with Laidlaw: Episode #6 – Laidlaw Five with David Garrity

To listen to the podcast, click here. 1) David it seemed like last week lasted a year instead of 5 business days, but this time last Monday when we spoke I don’t think either of us could have predicted what would unfold. That day, S&P broke thru the 2200 level and the markets had their

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Laidlaw Five with David Garrity: A Brighter Future Podcast

A BRIGHTER FUTURE, with Laidlaw, in this episode Richard Calhoun, CEO of Wealth Management at Laidlaw, discusses the recent market volatility with David Garrity, Chief Market Strategist at Laidlaw. The topics covered are 1) With the market below 20,000 where might it stabilize, 2) How does this market compare with the 2008 melt down, 3)

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David Garrity on Bloomberg: New ’Stay-At-Home’ Paradigm Favors Big Tech in COVID-19 Sell-off

To listen to the replay, click here. 1) Current Thoughts On The Market with S&P500 Down -24% Versus Wed 2/19 High: In the spirit of the Chinese curse, “may you live in interesting times,” we are certainly in the thick of it at the moment as efforts to contain the COVID-19 coronavirus to China have

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Podcast: Grappling With COVID-19 Market Environment

(Listen to the Podcast) 1) Current Thoughts On The Market with S&P500 Down -19% Versus Wed 2/19 High: COVID-19 Could Lead To -3.1% Decline in 2020 Global GDP. In the spirit of the Chinese curse, “may you live in interesting times,” we are certainly in the thick of it at the moment as efforts to contain the COVID-19

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David Garrity on Bloomberg: Facebook Will Get Share Boost From Campaign Spending

David Garrity, Chief Market Strategist for Laidlaw & Co, and Partner at BTblock, discusses Big Media tech earnings. Hosted by Lisa Abramowicz and Paul Sweeney. To listen to replay, please click here. AAPL Results Show Return To iPhone Growth With iPhone11, Coming 5G Model Bolsters Outlook Out after last night’s close were solid results from

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