FDS Market Commentary

Stock Market Headlines Grabbing Your Attention? As we see increased volatility in the market, do you find that news headlines are grabbing your attention? It’s no wonder you’re attention is piqued. Consider the following ways headlines could be written: “1,000 point drop in the Dow”   versus   “2% drop in the Dow” “Dow travels 20,000 points” …

Does Volatility in the Market Benefit You? After a year of low volatility and great market growth in 2017, what should we expect in 2018?  If you look at the following chart you will notice that years of low volatility do not usually repeat.  I don’t see any years below where the line is perfectly…

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…