FDS Market Commentary

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…

Much of the current market pullback over the past few weeks has been instigated by talks of higher interest rates.  Fear that higher interest rates will push us into a recession has kept investors concerned. There are analysts who oppose the Fed continuing to raise interest rates when it could hurt the economy by raising…

This week had a full calendar of corporate earnings reported.  Let’s review these results to consider what to expect in the weeks ahead. Bank of America: 6.45% Positive Surprise Netflix: 30.88% Positive Surprise Abbott: In Line with Expectations PayPal: Positive Honeywell: Positive Schlumberger: Positive The majority of corporate earnings have been strong which has brought…

This week brought a pullback in the market like we haven’t seen in a while.  The past two years has really brought strong market returns that many investors have enjoyed.  So after a few days where the market has moved lower, analysts start to ask “why?” and how long will this continue? What we have…