by Bret Wilson | Aug 16, 2018 | Uncategorized
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 ...
by Bret Wilson | Feb 22, 2018 | Uncategorized
(This post was sent out to clients earlier in the month) Market Commentary – February 2018 Volatility is back. And that’s not necessarily a bad thing. Last week and this week, we’ve seen some quick swings in the market that we haven’t seen in a while. As an...
by Bret Wilson | Dec 14, 2017 | Uncategorized
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...
by Bret Wilson | Sep 22, 2017 | Uncategorized
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...
by Bret Wilson | Jan 26, 2017 | Uncategorized
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...
by Bret Wilson | Nov 9, 2016 | Uncategorized
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...
by Bret Wilson | Nov 8, 2016 | Uncategorized
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...
by Bret Wilson | Nov 7, 2016 | Uncategorized
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...
by Bret Wilson | Aug 9, 2016 | Uncategorized
It should go without saying that your financial/investment advisor should be doing everything possible to protect and increase your assets—everything that’s in your best interest, not theirs. But until recently that has not always been the case. On April 6, 2016, the...
by Bret Wilson | Aug 5, 2016 | Uncategorized
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...
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