December 2019 Market Commentary

December 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...
November 2019 Market Commentary

November 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...
October 2019 Market Commentary

October 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...
September 2019 Market Commentary

September 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). ...
August 2019 Market Commentary

August 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...