Investment Insights

Empower Investments examines intra-year stock market volatility in relation to full calendar year returns, showing that large intra-year declines are common during positive calendar year returns.  

Vanessa and Marta reflect on the latest rate decision from the Federal Reserve during its March 2025 meeting. 

Chief Investment Strategist Marta Norton and Vice President of Financial Insights Vanessa Welch discuss the earnings impact from tariffs.

The market has largely looked at tariffs proposed by the Trump Administration as negotiating tools, but it’s possible there’s more to the story.

Marta and Vanessa explain why major market indices declined in response to the current macroeconomic situation. 

Expectations for corporate earnings and stock performance were lofty to begin 2025. But those expectations have proven overly optimistic and stocks may continue to suffer the consequences of reality not matching expectations. 

Vanessa Welch and Marta Norton discuss the effects of newly enacted tariffs on the financial markets.

Empower Chief Investment Strategist Marta Norton examines the implications of proposed tariffs on the U.S. economy, inflation and the stock market.

Empower's 2025 outlook covers a wide range of material, from our expectations for the economy in 2025 to financial market conditions and risks, plus key themes around artificial intelligence, politics, and geopolitics. 

A look at what’s happening in the markets and economy with Empower’s Chief Investment Strategist Marta Norton.