May 19, 2026 Investor Insights

Powell's Stock and Bond Record

May 19, 2026

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Nearly 70% of teenagers say they want to learn about investing, and 73% of parents view financial literacy as important, yet only 14% of teens say they know a lot about investing. 1
Tech sector layoffs jumped to 66,000 in the latest monthly report, the highest level outside of COVID since 2001 and 2002, highlighting continued changes across the industry. 1
Since Jerome Powell became Fed Chair, $10,000 invested in the S&P 500 has grown to over $32,000. Over the same period, bonds lagged far behind, growing to just $11,600. *2
Despite ongoing comparisons to the dot-com bubble, today’s Nasdaq-100 appears far less speculative than in 1999, with only 18% of index market cap trading above 60x earnings versus more than 76% during the tech bubble peak. *3

Sources:

MFS – “US Beyond the News”
Barron’s – “Grading Powell’s Fed: Good for Stocks, Bad for Affordability”
A Wealth of Common Sense – “Is This a Bubble?”

*Past performance is not indicative of future performance

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