Market Commentary November 9, 2016

Good morning. Yesterday I wrote in my Market Commentary “recent history has shown that polls can be way off, and the anticipated market reactions can be way off as well”. Well, I’d say the polls were way off and the initial market reaction in futures was way off as...

Market Commentary November 8, 2016

The October 28th FBI announcement that they were looking into more emails that involved Hillary Clinton exacerbated what had already been a short-term weakening in market indexes. This weakening continued through last Friday until the FBI suddenly announced this past...

Market Commentary October 18, 2016

As we pull closer to the end of this election season (Ugh), I’ve gotten a few questions about the impact it could have, if any, on the stock market. Historically elections don’t have much of a long term impact on the price levels of the major indexes. The election of...

Market Commentary August 2, 2016

Good morning. My last post included this chart, and I stated “In order for the S&P 500 to make progress and break through the current sideways trading range, it needs to move upward through the 2100 – 2130 levels (#3). So far this year, it has approached those...

Market Commentary 7/1/2016

Well that was quick.  It looks like the reaction over Brexit was rather misplaced, as the markets have rebounded nicely this week.  Or as I heard a gentleman on Fox Business Network say, “Wait, I haven’t had time to panic yet.”  Still, keep in mind that the end of a...