Tariff Market Commentary
We encourage clients and friends alike to stay the course of their investment plan. In the midst of the near-term pain of a market pullback, it is easy to forget that nothing lasts forever.
Market Volatility...What Does it Mean?
In times of market volatility such as these, many clients ask us “what is going on?” The short answer is…likely, several things.
This Was Expected
While we understand the financial media’s desire to drive viewership and readers, we would describe what we’re seeing in far more muted (and realistic) terms. We believe what we’re seeing is a healthy market correction that has been due for some time now.
2017 In Review - Uninterrupted Growth
To sum up 2017 in two words, we’d describe what we saw as “uninterrupted growth.”
2016 in Review - A Wild Ride
The 2016 domestic large cap market had the worst start to a year in recorded history with the S&P 500 index falling 5% in January of 2016.
Post Election Market Commentary
As we saw the state by state election results come in, it became apparent that the commentators and pundits had been very wrong about what they were telling us leading up to the election.
2015 in Review
The year 2015 was marked by a fair bit of market volatility. In fact, if you looked at the value of the S&P 500 index in a vacuum on January 1, 2015, promptly fell asleep, and then woke up on December 31, 2015, you’d think that very little happened during the year.