First Quarter 2022 Market Recap
Markets in Review After briefly touching record highs at the start of the year, markets gave investors a truly wild ride through the...
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Matt Schreiber
Oct 20, 20218 min
Volatility returns in Q3 as eyes remain on the Fed
Markets in Review After two quarters of rising equity markets through the beginning of this year, the third quarter brought increased...
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Matt Schreiber
Jul 27, 20218 min
Is there still value in value?
Markets in Review Equity markets continued their upward climb during the second quarter of this year. Following a solid first quarter,...
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Matt Schreiber
Apr 23, 20218 min
Should Markets Really Be This Optimistic?
Markets in Review After a strong finish last year, the S&P 500 Index gyrated most of the first quarter this year but ended up 5.77%, with...
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Matt Schreiber
Apr 19, 20214 min
5 things that could help or hurt economic recovery
As we look out over the balance of 2021 and the next few years, economic growth assumptions seem reasonable. COVID stimulus so far has...
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Matt Schreiber
Mar 9, 20213 min
What Time is the Right Time to Buy and Sell ETFs?
Working a trade successfully in or out of a stock or ETF (exchange-traded fund) can be a precarious situation nowadays. The markets over...
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Matt Schreiber
Mar 4, 20214 min
What Gen Xers Need to Know About Investing for Retirement
In our business, we talk a lot about retirement planning for your “serious money” – the money you cannot afford to lose because you...
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Matt Schreiber
Feb 25, 20212 min
How Should Retiring Investors Diversify in the 21st Century?
When you retire, your money is going to have to work hard. Not only do you need it to maintain your lifestyle, but in many cases we’ve...
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Matt Schreiber
Jan 25, 202110 min
Market Predictions vs. Guarantees: Why Investors Should Stay Mindful
Wall Street loves to make predictions about the future. As we write this, most large firms are publishing their annual outlook research...
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Matt Schreiber
Dec 22, 20207 min
Reflecting on 2020
What a year! Like most folks, I could have done without the trials and tribulations of 2020. It’s been a year like no other in modern...
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Matt Schreiber
Oct 23, 202010 min
Investors need the truth, but is the market playing truth or dare?
There’s a game I used to play as a child where friends would offer each other the ability to answer an unknown question truthfully, or,...
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Matt Schreiber
Oct 12, 20205 min
Where does the market go from here?
This year, 2020, has been an interesting year to say the least. Financial markets have experienced the quickest drop from all-time highs...
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Matt Schreiber
Sep 13, 20203 min
Pandemic Risks Abound, Why Aren’t Stocks Down?
Since the Financial Crisis, the U.S. Federal Reserve (Fed) and central bankers have used extraordinary monetary measures to promote...
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Matt Schreiber
Jul 21, 20208 min
A Market Tug of War Post Coronacrash
A massive tug of war is raging between the the U.S. Federal Reserve (Fed) and the Coronavirus on a daily basis to influence markets and...