Weekly Financial Market Updates
Friday’s Financial Update 5-19-2017
MICHELLE SMALENBERGER, CFP® Early in the week we saw continued growth in U.S. stocks even amidst news reports from the prior weekend that started getting louder regarding political turmoil. The biggest story for the week was Wednesday with a pull back like we haven’t seen in a while. This did create a buying opportunity that…
Friday’s Financial Update 5-12-2017
WRITTEN BY: MICHELLE SMALENBERGER, CFP ® Welcome to the weekend when we can look back to review and look forward to refresh! With a week full of news that was exactly that, I thought it would be beneficial to review some leading economic indicators and how they help us look beyond the steering wheel for…
Friday’s Financial Update 5-5-2017
Written By: Michelle Smalenberger, CFP ® This week brought news headlines from a variety of sources that affect investors here and around the world. Let’s highlight some of the biggest stories to catch you up! Economic: Reported this morning was a drop in unemployment and a higher than expected increase in jobs added. Increases of…
Friday’s Financial Update 4-28-2017
Written By: Michelle Smalenberger, CFP ® Moving Forward. That’s what time does. Even if you take a few steps back, time is moving forward. There’s no reversing, undoing or stopping it. Today is a good day to remember to look back and review. Even in times when we may have wanted to reverse, undo or…
Friday’s Financial Update 4-7-2017
Written By: Michelle Smalenberger CFP® Have you been busy? Perhaps, you feel like you’ve missed a lot of the news throughout the week. Let’s review all that has filled our screens, newspapers, and airwaves. The following is a graphic I put together to summarize big picture stories and the way to invest in the midst…
Friday’s Financial Update 3-31-2017
Written By: Michelle Smalenberger, CFP ® The last week of the 2017 first quarter has felt relatively quiet without large pending votes that may or may not signal expectations going forward. The U.S. stock market indexes posted another positive quarter, which again brings welcome gains to investors’ accounts. We could still see an upcoming…
