Posts by Financial Design Studio, Inc.

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…

Gifts from Santa Claus for the market? You’ve no doubt seen the market rise this year, but did you know there is a specific rally that typically happens in late-December?  A Santa Claus rally is a rise in stock prices in the month of December, generally seen over the final week of trading prior to…

Just One Thing In The Tax Bill Is Driving The Market Higher We’ve all been listening to the commotion about tax reform.  You may know the House of Representatives has passed their version of a tax reform bill.  And the Senate has also passed their own version of a tax reform bill.  So now the…

The Market Moves Forward In Spite of Headlines Every day brings a new headline story that we may or may not expect.  It’s often the expectation or lack of it that causes the volatility we see in that day’s market performance.  But your decision to invest can be made in spite of the news story…

Consider The Economic Cycle Deciding how to invest a portfolio starts with where we believe we are in the economic market cycle. Many well respected analysts believe the market potentially has another year to run and keep moving higher with a potential late 2018 or 2019 pullback where we could see a recession.  So believing…