The Retirement Report

Down All Around   The Dow, S&P, NASDAQ, Russell 2000 and the International Stock Markets were down last week. The only positive Stock Market I could…

Trade Relations Push Equities Lower   The US and China continued to trade words of increasing tariffs. Last Monday, President Trump suggested 10% tariffs on $200…

Mixed Market and Tariff Issues   Last week US Stock Market Indexes were mixed with the Dow Jones down, the S&P 500 flat, the NASDAQ and…

All US Stock Indexes Push Higher   All Major US Stock Indexes are safely in the black for 2018 as the Dow Jones led the charge…

Mixed Market, Mostly Up for the Week!   The Dow Jones Industrial Average was the only major US Stock Market Index down last week. The S&P500,…

Small Caps only US Major Stock Index Down for the Week (Direct opposite of last week)   2 weeks ago, Small Cap stocks were the only…

Small Caps only US Major Stock Index Up for the Week   Last week saw the Russell 2000 Small Cap Stock Index hit a record and…

A Very Good Week in the Markets   The S&P 500 Stock Index rose 2.5% last week and now all major US Stock Market averages are…

Gas Prices, Jobs and Apple   Last week Oil prices reached the upper $60’s a barrel which propelled gasoline prices higher approximately 13% in 2018. In 2017,…