Weekly Financial Market Updates

Do Investors Have To Keep Up With The News?

Do Investors Have To Keep Up With The News? As an investor do you have to keep up with the news?  The answer really lies in how often you look at your accounts.  We’ll give you a couple of examples and you can decide how up to date you need to stay in order to…

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Financial Design Studio Economic Status

Summer’s Economic Progress Report

Summer’s Economic Progress Report School’s out for a summer break, but that doesn’t mean the markets will take a break!  In fact, we were encouraging you a few weeks ago to skip the “Sell In May And Go Away” investing theory that believes summer is quiet with nothing to gain by staying invested.  This week…

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Financial Design Studio Bonds

Are bonds always worth holding?

Are bonds always worth holding? The market is beginning to digest the news of yesterday’s steel and aluminum tariff talk.  There are a variety of factors to consider both short and long term, domestically, and globally regarding whether tariffs are a good choice at this time, which we’ll save for another day.  It seems initially…

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Financial Design Studio Basic Investments

How To Talk Basic Investments

How To Talk Basic Investments Do you know the types of investments or accounts you own?  Very often we hear people talk about how they’re invested and they don’t really know how to “say” it.  Let’s clear the confusion for you! There are a variety of investment vehicles you can invest in.  Some of the…

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Financial Design Studio Stock Market Drop

Stock Market Headlines Grabbing Your Attention?

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” …

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Financial Design Studio Fumbling

A Week Of News Has The Market Fumbling…

A week of news has the market fumbling… This week, there was no shortage of days that caused investors to perk up their interest wondering why.  Most of the week saw market declines that likely have investors considering portfolio changes.  It was full of sorting through who the real investors are versus the speculators that have…

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