Weekly Financial Market Updates

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Could The Market Move Even Higher?

The market has been moving higher for the last ten years! Today marked another new high. So can it continue this pace of growth ahead? Here are a few things to consider as you consider whether your investments need a reallocation. Presidential Election in 2020 Next year we have a Presidential election. We are just…

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Earnings Season Has Started. And There’s Mixed Financial Results…

Over the past week, earnings season started! Right now we are watching to see if companies performed better than expected or reported less earnings per share than expected. Do you ever look back at the results of a project you’ve been working on to see how it performed? This is what we get to do with every…

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The S&P 500 Hit 3000! What Comes First: Trade, The Fed, Interest Rates, or Yourself?

The S&P 500 hit 3000. Did you miss it this week? After news from Fed Chairman Powell the market rallied slightly to reach a new all-time high. We aren’t certain of whether the Fed will lower rates as the market hopes. Will it be by a full 1% when they do or just half of…

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Summer School

Summer School School is out for the year and your summer fun has probably already started! Remember before school ended that the teachers were telling you to keep reading or practicing something over the summer? There are statistics that show how important it is for kids to continue reading every day even during the summer…

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It’s Not Typical: This Recent Financial High

Are you riding this week’s financial high? Remember these second chances we’ve discussed that you’re being given to make any allocation changes necessary to adjust your risk for volatility you don’t like to see. And maybe you’ve seen the past few days of gains the market has continued in. With the market near it’s high,…

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China Trade Festering + How Are Gold Investments Performing?

Over the last several weeks as trade tensions with China have started to fester again, we’ve mentioned that if you don’t like the volatility you should make some changes. Let’s talk about what some of those changes can be (including Gold investments). Ultimately, whatever changes you make will all be specific to your situation. Safer…

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