The S&P 500 is now essentially flat for the last 2-months…and honestly, this is a sign of a healthy market. Healthy markets ebb and flow and work their way up
As I write this post, the S&P 500 index stands less than 5% from the all-time closing high of 4,802 achieved on January 2, 2022. However, government-reported
It has been a while since I’ve done a post, and I apologize, but we have been very busy monitoring the markets and meeting with clients. Product options in
Three items today, one looking backward, one looking forward, and one piece of news related to a recently passed piece of legislation:
1) 2022 was a tale of
On July 20, 2022 I wrote in this blog, “I previously wrote about how the S&P 500 seemed to be holding the 4,070 area, and we remain around 100 points or 2.75%
Picture two theoretical stock markets:
Market A goes up consistently indefinitely. There are no downticks, just consistent growth. This is a great market
We are over a week past the midterm elections, and most of the races have been decided. The Democrats will seemingly end up with 50 or 51 Senate seats, on the
After a ton of daily movement pro and con, the S&P 500 is trading just above 3,700 today, 10/18/22., the same level it traded at in mid-June 2022. October is
It is so easy to be dour and pessimistic with the world - I came across this article today and wanted to share it just because it points out some positives.
Two pieces today, one on general retirement planning thoughts and one on our current market:
1) You may have noticed in our discussions and meetings I spend
Part of the benefit of writing consistent blog posts is one can look back and see the date where I wrote XYZ and compare it to the current situation. I am not
A few thoughts:
- On the S&P 500 we are almost 9% off the lows established mid-June. That index remains over 17% down year-to-date. Similarly, the broad US