Market Insights – A Noisy Start

Here are the highlights from the latest Market Insights video with Evan Coffey and Eric Parnell:

• Geopolitics have been noisy to start 2026 and could continue to produce headline risk, but financial markets continue to fade geopolitical shocks unless they become policy-driven. 
• Earnings remain supportive: Q4 results and forward EPS estimates point to continued growth, led by technology. Economic fundamentals will be critical to corporate earnings in 2026. 
• The Fed has room to be patient: Cooling job growth and sticky inflation keep cuts on the table for 2026, but argue against aggressive easing. 

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Eric Parnell is our Chief Market Strategist, applying his expertise in finance and economics to manage multi-asset portfolios, mitigate risk, deliver advice that promotes informed decision-making, and facilitate investors achieving their short-and long-term investment goals. He leads the Asset Management platform overseeing the management of asset allocation models for advisors and their end clients. Eric also provides economic, market, and investment related analysis and communications to our network of advisors and clients as well as the broader financial media. Eric has appeared on CNBC, CNN, Money Matters TV, NPR-Marketplace, Seeking Alpha, and CFA Magazine.

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