Welcome to the Nicolet Wealth Management Investment Podcast. In this episode Mike Steppe, Chief Investment Officer, and Erik Zurek, Senior Investment Strategist discuss:

• What has happened in the financial markets over the past month? 
• What has happened with inflation over the past two (2) months?
• Why did the ten (10) largest US stocks by market capitalization do so well in 2023?  What does the recent concentration of returns in 2023 mean for investing going forward?
• What will likely be the growth rate of earnings per share for the S&P 500 index in 2024? 
• Why was there so much divergence of returns in emerging markets returns over the past year?
• How have small and large company returns diverged?  Will this change?
• When will the Fed start cutting interest rates?  What level of rate cuts are priced into the market?
• Do you think that the yield curve will go back to a positive slope in 2024?

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