by Bret Wilson | Aug 1, 2022 | Market Commentary
Bad News Makes Us Nervous It’s certainly easy to get nervous about your investments after the barrage of bad economic news last week. The Federal Reserve raised its federal funds rate by 75 basis points on Wednesday—the 4th time they have raised it this year. Rates...
by Bret Wilson | Jul 15, 2022 | Market Commentary
In January of 2007, Steve Jobs changed the world as we know it by introducing the iPhone, which essentially put a pocket computer in the hands of the masses. Before long, all types of media became a constant presence in our lives. Kids born this century will have no...
by Bret Wilson | Jul 1, 2022 | Market Commentary
As I have written many times before, it is impossible to time the market, but as Winston Churchill once said, “History repeats itself.” Historically measuring the breadth of the market is one of the indicators that can give us a clue as to how close we are to a market...
by Bret Wilson | Jun 13, 2022 | Market Commentary
We’re all acutely aware of prices at the pump. In fact, my wife showed me a recent Facebook picture of a friend who filled up his pickup truck to the tune of $172.01. We’ll talk more about how high gas prices impacts our bottom line on everything, but let’s dive into...
by Bret Wilson | Jan 6, 2021 | Market Commentary
2021 Economic and Stock Market Preview If you had told me back in March that the market indexes would be setting all time highs by the end of the year, I would have told you to get your head out of the clouds. As I mentioned back in March, the market correction was...
by Bret Wilson | Sep 22, 2020 | Market Commentary
Market Uptrend Sustainable? The stock market’s uptrend seems to be hanging there, while the Federal Reserve has made it clear that it will continue to pump liquidity into the banking system. At least $120 billion per month, which is a $40 billion increase from...
by Bret Wilson | Sep 22, 2020 | Market Commentary
Money Magazine just released their 2020 list of the best places to live in the U.S. and Rockwall ranked #4 on that list. Pretty high cotton. Below is a link to an article at Blue Ribbon News: Rockwall ranks in top 4 of Money’s ‘Best Places to Live in the...
by Bret Wilson | Apr 17, 2020 | Market Commentary
April 17, 2020 So here we are in week 3—no 4, or is it 5?—of this shelter-in-place business due to COVID-19, and so much has happened, despite the fact that many of us are unable to do anything. Last month, the markets shot down 35%, an alarming rate. The potential...
by Bret Wilson | Mar 18, 2020 | Market Commentary
It’s a little bit surreal. Just a few weeks ago, the stock markets were hitting all time highs, and now, in literally a matter of days, the markets have dropped to 2017 levels and may not be done yet. The volatility during each trading day has been...
by Bret Wilson | Mar 12, 2020 | Market Commentary
A quick update on the current state of the markets and actions being taken. Right now, we are somewhat in uncharted waters. Typically, market corrections based on events are short lived and the rebound occurs rather quickly. The coronavirus and the price war in oil...
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