The Retirement Blog

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

Most stock market indexes were down slightly last week.  This morning, when I first tuned into CNBC @ 4:45am, the futures were down over 500

Last week, the markets were down, leading many to speculate whether a Stock Market pullback/correction is in the cards. There are several opinions on both

Stocks/Bonds Year-To-Date The stock and bond market returns so far in 2021 have surprised most.  With all of the issues we’ve discussed here, and others,

Labor Day is only a week away….WOW!  4 months remain in 2021.  I hope you’ve enjoyed your summer! The remainder of 2021 promises to be

Last week’s news paused the market from moving higher! Retail sales for July disappointed, led by lower automobile sales from inventory shortages and shockingly high

Major market indexes were mixed last week with the Dow rising .94% and the S&P 500 .75%. The Nasdaq Composite was flattish, dropping (.07%) however

Last week the government reported we added 943,000 jobs, certainly a very good number.  The unemployment rate registered 5.4%, moving quickly in the correct direction.