The Retirement Report

Wow! 4 Months Left for 2018   Last week, the Standard and Poor’s 500 hit a new all-time record high ending the first 8 months of…

Do Tariffs, Interest Rates & Political Turmoil Matter?   Wow, the stock markets and now the bond market (at least temporarily) are moving higher at the…

Leadership Change or Head Fake?   Over the last 30 days, large growth stocks as represented by the Vanguard Large Growth ETF (VUG) are positive by…

When Will This End?   The Trade War is now in place. We are playing tit for tat with many countries in various billion dollar amounts.…

US Stock Market Indexes Higher   The threat of higher tariffs did nothing to hold back the US Stock Market last week, as the S&P 500…

GDP 4.1%, Market Falls?   The big release last week was the 2nd Quarter GDP reading which came in @ 4.1%, slightly below what many were…

Market Not Quite Up 3 Weeks in a Row   Three out of the 4 major US Stock Indexes were in the positive last week, with…

Markets Continue Upward For 2nd Week in a Row!   Markets added to the prior week’s gains as the Dow was up 2.31%, the S&P 500…

Markets Reverse From Prior Week Losses   What a difference a week makes! Perhaps July 4th Fireworks had something to do with all Major US Stock…