Posts by Financial Design Studio, Inc.

I’m writing to you as I fly home fresh from Schwab’s annual conference held in our nation’s capital, Washington D.C.  There couldn’t have been a better place for this year’s conference as we anticipate next week’s mid-term elections and recent market volatility.  To summarize my experience at the conference it is this: my humbling respect…

We talk a lot about keeping a long term perspective.  But what about keeping a thankful perspective? Just like the long term perspective keeps us from making short term investing decisions, a thankful perspective can too. Many of you haven’t forgotten the financial crisis of 2007-2009.  However, have you forgotten how the market has performed…

In the days following Tuesday’s election we have seen the market move higher.  It has been regaining the momentum lost over the month of October. Tuesday’s election results have brought clarity for the months ahead.  Remember, the market does not like uncertainty so with the elections behind us is it all good news?  The Republicans…

With the past six weeks of market volatility we understand it’s been discouraging to see the effect of this market pullback.  And there has been an encouraging bright spot this week! During the week we have seen the market try to make positive moves, only to move lower.  But even those brief moments higher are…