October 2, 2020-The U.S. stock rally that began in late March of this year lost some of its enthusiasm during September. While stocks continued to rise on an overall basis, with 3Q20 marking the third quarter in a row of gains, the three major US stock indices closed the month in negative territory.

September 3, 2020-August is typically a dud month for stocks as investors and traders leave for annual summer vacations, but 2020 is a different kind of year. U.S. stocks had a great August this year with the S&P 500 experiencing its best August in 34 years (1986). The S&P also closed the month with a 5-day consecutive winning streak. That has only happened twice in the past 22 years (October 2017 and March 1998) as the index set a new all-time high marking a definitive bull market recovery - the fastest bull recovery ever following March’s swiftest bear market decline in history.

Watkinsville, Ga., September 2, 2020 – Stadion Money Management, an independent managed account provider who offers personalized retirement services to plan sponsors and their participants, announced today that Todd Lacey has been named Chief Revenue Officer. In his role, Lacey will oversee a new division that unifies the revenue generating functions for Stadion’s retirement business. Lacey will be responsible for Stadion’s business development, sales, product development and marketing teams. Reporting to Stadion’s President and CEO, Jud Doherty, Lacey is based in Georgia.

Watkinsville, Ga., September 1, 2020 – Stadion Money Management, an independent managed account provider who offers personalized retirement services to plan sponsors and their participants, announced today that Ascensus, the largest independent provider of recordkeeping services in the United States, has made Stadion’s StoryLine managed account service available on its retirement recordkeeping platform. This addition will enable advisor partners and plan sponsors access to Stadion’s personalized retirement service through Ascensus.

August 5, 2020-In May, we talked about there being a heavyweight bout going on between investor euphoria, buoyed by economic stimulus packages, vs. the struggling economy. That fight seems to be far from over despite investors' continued enthusiasm for “Big Tech” which is keeping stocks at lofty levels. The struggling economy threw some heavy punches at the end of July that looked like they may have done some damage. And, one of the corner men for elevated investor moods appears to have stepped away as lawmakers have not been able to agree on a stimulus deal. However, the punch of blowout earnings from some of the Big Tech companies to close out July landed squarely on the jaw and this seemed to illustrate that current investor exuberance has some stamina.