Market Update

Something happened this year that hasn't happened (very often) since the start of my career in 2007. The international markets were...

Hopefully, you'll excuse my two-week hiatus from "What We Learned in the Markets." I'll be back next week and better than ever when I...

Major stock market indices made significant gains in the first half of the year due to improving inflation, slowing Fed rate hikes, the...

With the February market reaction for investors, it may feel like déjà vu all over again as inflation and the Fed dominate market headlines.

2022 was a challenging year for investors. Markets fell into bear market territory and experienced the worst annual performance since...

How frightening it is to look at your ROTH, IRA Rollover, Brokerage Account, etc., and see a performance number with a dreaded minus next...

Even though it’s the demand for negativity in the first place that drives the bulk of the news and information we see all the time, my goal in this quick piece is to give you what is hopefully a nice, quick breather from the typical top headlines and narratives. Inflation is a word that can, and especially now, leave a bad taste in your mouth. Let’s touch on this inflation topic a little bit for the month of April but also point to some other facts: As of end of April ’22, the overall PCE...

The year was 2007. I was a fresh, motivated young man. I was about a year and half away from finishing college and received a job offer...

What is Taking Place in the Economy and Markets? The year 2022 has reminded us that markets can be volatile. So why now are we seeing such high volatility in the markets for the year 2022? This one word that we, the consumers, are feeling on a day-to-day basis, Inflation. Since the Covid-19 pandemic begun here in the United States, the Federal Reserve began stimulating the economy, as we all remember those months in 2020 where only “essential workers” reported for work, stimulating the...