This week’s theme on the Retirement Quick Tips Podcast is: Mid-Year 2023 Economic & Market Update

Today, I’m recapping the first half of 2023:

Stocks continued to climb a wall of worry in the first half of 2023. The S&P 500 was up nearly 16% this year at the close of the second quarter, and the Dow Jones Industrial Average has climbed 3.8% this year, despite soft economic data, prominent bank failures, fears about the debt ceiling, and continued worries about an imminent recession.