Personal Stories & Updates

Be encouraged! The market has made a strong comeback in the first three months of this year! This should bring some excitement. Christmas season last year may have been discouraging because the market had spiraled down losing the strong gains from the previous nine months. But now we’re back to seeing growth again. Now, let’s…

Remember the saying “If momma ain’t happy, ain’t nobody happy”? This seems to resonate closely with investors. If the market ain’t happy, ain’t nobody happy. After a strong first quarter of the market performing higher and coming back from the end of 2018 lows investors were starting to feel more confident. With a few days…

When investing, people consider what may happen in the future regarding an investment. There are so many things you can think (related to your conviction) about for finally making the investment. Today, an item we need to consider together is whether the global trade tension with China is already priced in. What does it mean…

From trade tension to the Fed, the best way to describe this week’s market movement is simply with the word patience. The Fed Slowing Economy We learned from the Fed that they are watching economic data to point toward any interest rate changes or balance sheet changes needed ahead. This is welcome news to investors….

We’ve seen a nice week of markets moving higher which brings some welcome relief from all of the worries we had just a week or two ago.  Much of this relief was brought by easing concerns that global tensions with China are getting better. So now that the government shutdown and global tensions are getting…

This week was the President’s annual State of the Union address.  As of just a couple weeks ago we didn’t know if this address would take place.  But the temporary end to the shutdown allowed for that talk to subside. And as a reminder, the looming deadline of February 15th still remains for the next…