Tag: Investments

Have Stocks Left You Behind?

Sep 11, 2020

Some people in recent weeks may have been feeling that “the market seems to be doing so well but I’m not participating in any of these high-flying stocks.”

A look behind the headlines helps tell the story. (more…)

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Federal Reserve Year-Long Review Expected in September

Aug 28, 2020

Federal Reserve Building
Changes may be on the way

As many of you know, the  Open Market Committee for the Federal Reserve has eight scheduled meetings each year when the seven board members review the nation’s economic activity and set the federal funds rate’s target rate. (more…)

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Stocks Gain Tremendously Since 2009

Jan 24, 2020

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A Look at where stocks were in 2009 and how they have performed since.

Where were you on March 9, 2009? Do you remember the headwinds hitting Wall Street stocks then? When the closing bell rang at the New York Stock Exchange that Monday afternoon, it marked the end of another down day for stocks. Just hours earlier, the Wall Street Journal had asked: “How Low Can Stocks Go?”1

The Standard & Poor’s 500 stock index answered that question by sinking to 676.53, even with mergers and acquisitions making headlines. The index was under 700 for the first time since 1996. The Dow Jones Industrial Average tumbled to a closing low of 6,547.05.2

To quote Dickens, “It was the best of times, it was the worst of times.” It was the bottom of the bear market – and it was also the best time, in a generation, to buy stocks.2 (more…)

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Outlook 2020

Jan 3, 2020

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