Market Roundup: Mixed Week as Dow Hits an All-Time High
The week began with U.S. Equities developing weakness as signs that the U.S. trade fight with China was set to escalate. This capped stock gains and sent the dollar lower…
Market Roundup: Markets Rebound from Prior Week’s Decline
The week kicked off with the S&P 500 index snapping a four-day losing streak, thanks to gains in the Industrial and Technology sectors. The S&P 500 climbed 0.2%, and the NASDAQ Composite advanced 0.3%…
In the News: Concentration Risk Makes the S&P 500 Not the Best Benchmark
In today’s Marietta Daily Journal, Bil Lako, CFP®, explains why you probably shouldn’t compare your portfolio’s performance to the S&P 500 Index. Read the Article This article is for demonstrative and academic purposes and is meant to provide valuable background information on particular investments, NOT a recommendation to buy. The investments referenced within this article may currently…
Market Update for September 2018
Henssler Research Analysts Jacob Keen and Nick Antonucci, CVA, join Chief Investment Officer Troy Harmon, CFA, CVA to discuss anticipated interest rate hike from the Federal Reserve, how international markets have affected the world economy, and the length of our current bull market run.
Market Roundup: Increasing Wages Not Enough to Quell Tariff Fears
The market kicked off the holiday-shortened week, closing in the red zone on Tuesday, as stocks traded lower on a variety of economic news. The ISM Manufacturing Index was surprisingly strong in August, rising to 61.3 from 58.1 in July, exceeding consensus expectations…
U.S. Fiscal Issues: Larger Deficits Are Driving Up Debt
According to the most recent Congressional Budget Office (CBO) projection, the federal budget deficit for fiscal year 2018 (which ends on September 30) will reach $793 billion, or 3.9% of gross domestic product (GDP). This figure is $230 billion larger than the CBO previously estimated in June 2017, largely because legislation enacted since then reduced…
Buying and Selling: Trading Basics
The New York Stock Exchange Group averaged more than 5.7 million trades per day in 2017, with an average of almost 1.5 billion shares changing hands.1 Many of these trades are more complex than most investors need to consider, but it may be helpful to understand some basic terms and types of trades. Bid and…
Market Roundup: Green Week as Markets Hit Bull Market Record
Stocks posted gains on Monday despite news that consumer confidence is on the wane. In a preliminary reading for August, the University of Michigan Consumer Sentiment Survey slipped to 95.3 from 97.9 in July. With second-quarter earnings season mostly in the rearview mirror, the major U.S. equity indices spent the day’s session in the green. However…
Market Roundup: Positive Trade War Talks Boost Large Caps for Week
The major indices landed in red territory on Monday as the Energy, Materials and Financial, sectors led decliners in the S&P 500 Index. Stocks slipped on continued concerns over the economic troubles in Turkey…
Market Roundup: Despite Strong Start, Week Ends with Mixed Results
The major indices kicked off the week with gains, with the S&P 500 Index reaching its highest level since January. A strong second quarter earnings season led to the increase…