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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Jul 1, 2016 | Uncategorized
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...
Jun 28, 2016 | Uncategorized
Market Commentary June 24, 2016 Good morning. Because of the Brexit vote yesterday in the UK that resulted in the UK choosing to leave the European Union markets are in a bit of turmoil this morning. The US markets are down this morning, but at this point, they have...
Feb 5, 2016 | Uncategorized
Market Summary 1-14-2016 Attempting to forecast markets is usually a big mistake. Looking back, the track record for those giving their economic and market forecasts is not very good. Occasionally someone gets it right, but the misses far outweigh the hits. So the...
