Posts by Financial Design Studio, Inc.

You must be “this” tall to ride the market… Do you remember being too short to go on an amusement park ride?  The ride you were about to enter was likely full of large roller coaster ups and downs and only those over a certain height and age could stomach it.  Like that ride’s caution…

What types of news affects market performance? Have you ever thought about all the news you hear day in and day out, good or bad?  Now do you ever wonder of all that news, what actually affects the market’s performance? Any one of these news categories itself may not make a large impact, but paired…

Proving Confidence In The Days Ahead The new year has started with quite a spring in its step!  The first trading days have seen stock prices moving higher each day.  With these moves we can all appreciate the gains for our investments, but in the back of our minds we are asking if this can…

Reset for the New Year Like every other January 1st, we find ourselves looking back over the past year and looking forward to the new year.  As is common, we find ourselves pledging to get back to healthy habits and start afresh.  A new year offers the ability to turn the calendar and set a…

Now What? New Year’s Lower Taxes Now that Christmas has come and gone everyone is left thinking ahead to the New Year finances in 2018.  What will the new year bring?  What changes do you anticipate making?  These same questions can be asked of the markets and how to view the days ahead. To Itemize…