Market Commentary 8-16-2018

Summer is almost over and as we head into fall, let’s take a look at how the major U.S. indexes are performing for the year and also in the 3rd quarter so far. YTD Return from 1/2/2018 Qtrly Return from 7/1/2018 S&P 500              5.65% 4.06% DJI          ...

Market Commentary – December 14, 2017

Merry Christmas! I hope everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving as well. As the year comes to a close, I wanted to point out a couple of things in regards to media, market trends, and interest rates that I think everyone should keep in mind. First, if you watch or read...

Market Commentary September 22, 2017

Market Commentary  September 22, 2017 Fall has arrived, and it looks like there is finally some movement in the market. During the summer months, the S&P 500 has been moving sideways—not unusual for that time frame. But as fall begins, investors and traders are...

Market Commentary 1/26/17

I think I have touched on secular bull or bear markets before, but I wanted to put a little more focus on it in this post.  Most people are familiar with the term bull or bear market but do not know that those markets can be defined in different time frames. Secular...