by Ryan Redfern | Dec 31, 2019 | Market Commentary
And that’s a wrap on the second decade of the 2000s, and welcome to the “roaring 20s!” Year-end is a great time to review the good, the bad, and where you want to go into the future. We like to work on our balance sheets at this time of year, both personal...
by Ryan Redfern | Nov 27, 2019 | Market Commentary
November has been a good month for the most part for the S&P 5001. For the first part of the month, there were several factors backing the move upwards (which we believe started in the middle of October). However, since Nov 8th, those same factors...
by Ryan Redfern | Oct 31, 2019 | Market Commentary
This month started with the S&P 5001 falling off a steep cliff, just over -4% in the first few days of October. It eventually got back to even and finally made new highs on the year (more on that later). But if previous highs this year are any indication, it...
by Ryan Redfern | Sep 30, 2019 | Market Commentary
Depending on where the market closes on Monday, the S&P 5001 could end up flat on the month and the quarter. It hasn’t been without its ups and downs, at one point having a peak-to-trough draw-down of a little over 6% in August (FastTrack data). ...
by Ryan Redfern | Aug 30, 2019 | Market Commentary
And just like that, the environment changed. The Federal Reserve lowered interest rates by 0.25% since our last market commentary. That was a change from their original plan of raising interest rates not once, but twice before year-end 2019. So now...