Market Updates

Review: After one of the worst Decembers in history, investors should be happy to flip the calendar to 2019.  The year of 2018 will go down as the toughest market environment since the Financial Crisis of 2008-09.  After a strong 3rd Quarter where we... Read More →

The main event of a busy market week occurred today as the Federal Reserve Bank hiked interest rates by ¼ of 1%. This was the fourth lift in 2018, taking the Fed Funds rate to a range of 2.25% to 2.5%. As we laid... Read More →

The financial markets picked up today where they left off on Friday.  More appropriately stated, they picked down. Given its propensity for positive performance, December is known as a seasonally strong month for markets.  Such has not been the case thus far this year.... Read More →

Good morning and I hope your weekend is off to a great start!  It is off to a frigid one here in KC! Frigid is a decent way to describe the mood of the markets this past week as well.  In only 4 trading... Read More →

In this beloved week of giving thanks, the financial markets are doing the opposite: taking….and rather ungratefully! The major market averages have fallen pretty hard the first 2 days of this holiday-shortened week, leaving the Dow Jones Industrial Average (9% from its near-term highs)... Read More →

The selling pressure exhibited by the world’s stock markets has not abated over the course of the last couple weeks. In fact, if anything, it has intensified. As of the market close today, the Dow Jones Industrial Average and the S&P 500 have sold-off... Read More →

Over the last 5 trading days, the stock market has been defined by negative sentiment and strong selling pressure.  The last 2 days especially. Since last Wednesday, the 3 primary US indices have posted the following returns1: Dow Jones Industrial Average: -6.61% Nasdaq Composite... Read More →

Review: US stocks grinded out a modest gain amidst choppy trading for the 2nd quarter of the year. Volatility settled down from 1st quarter levels as investors pushed and pulled throughout the spring trying to find direction. The concerns around trade policy were omnipresent... Read More →