FDS Market Commentary
Volatility Ahead In Tax Reform
Volatility Ahead In Tax Reform Remember this post from back in July? “Caution: Speed Bumps Ahead” The items mentioned in that post just months ago sure seem familiar today. This is a fair look at how the cycle of politics is ever-spinning and the effect it can have on the market. In July, the political…
What In The World Is Going On?
MICHELLE SMALENBERGER, CFP® You can picture the movie scene where a character says: “Don’t move” while the others cautiously stand still and watch. You could say this is reminiscent of the world at the moment. Instead of standing in paranoia, we are waiting for clear direction. There are so many random, unconnected events happening all…
The Equifax Data Breach: What Matters?
MICHELLE SMALENBERGER, CFP ® There have been articles informing individuals what to do about the recent data breach. See this link for what has happened. What we have learned: Signing up for Equifax credit monitoring is not necessarily free like it has been with other company breaches. You can sign up by November 21st for…
Friday’s Financial Update 9-15-2017
MICHELLE SMALENBERGER, CFP® During the months of August and September, we’ve seen continued positive performance in the financial markets. With this higher performance has come an increase in volatility attributed to a variety of reasons which we will dig into. The following chart is extremely helpful for comparing volatility and putting it into perspective. As…
What is the market?
MICHELLE SMALENBERGER, CFP® Whether it is on the nightly news, in the newspaper, on various financial radio stations or websites, you hear people talk about the market. Yet, what is the market? The market is simply where stocks, bonds and funds are traded. Here we refer to a handful of common indexes or benchmarks used to…
Solid Ground Market & Britain’s Former Prime Minister
Solid Ground Market The past couple of weeks we have seen volatility return to the market. In the wake of this volatility we start to question the strength of what the market is standing on. In fact we see that 2018-2019 has a solid ground in the market projections! This past week was the annual…