The Retirement Blog

The markets love to climb a wall of worry!  Uncertainly has proven to be a good time to put money to work.  How about now?

Last week, the retail sales number was excellent, first-time unemployment claims hit pandemic lows, and Oil has retreated from $85 to $76/barrel.  The market however

The highest inflation reading in over 30 years gave the markets a modest pause last week.  The US Consumer Price Index (CPI) reported a 6.2%

With just 8 weeks left until 2022, market forecasters are suggesting a strong stock market finish through year-end.  The current momentum certainly is feeling as

Technology led the charge last week, despite Apple and Amazon missing their profit estimates for the 3rd quarter.  For the week, the Nasdaq composite rose

Stocks crawled higher with the major indexes increasing over 1%.  For the week, the Dow rose 1.12%, the S&P 500 1.66%, the Nasdaq Composite 1.33%

Stock Markets jumped last week as 6 major banks started off earnings season with a major positive and overall optimism, believing the September/early-October slide is

October should be a month that sheds a lot of clues about our short-term future:  Starting with the 2 pending bills in the House, we

Last week is a good example of investor uncertainty about the markets.  After falling sharply to start the week, all US major stock indexes managed