by | | Formation, Foundation, Freedom, Market Commentary
Is the Strong Start Indicative for the Remainder of 2012? U.S. stock markets started off the year very strong with the S&P 500 returning 12.59% for the first quarter of 2012. On the other hand the main bond benchmark index was up only 0.3% for the quarter. This is...
by | | Formation, Foundation, Freedom, Market Commentary
The S&P 500 attempted to break above its high of May 2011 last week and was briefly trading at multi-year highs. That May 2011 high which is around 1370 for the S&P 500 (red horizontal line in chart) is a very important resistance area. In technical...
by | | Formation, Foundation, Freedom, Market Commentary
Looking Ahead to 2012 Happy New Year! And this will be about as cheery as we will be as we take a moment to take a quick look at investing in 2011 and more importantly in 2012. 2011 proved to be another challenging year as economies, plagued by debt, continued stress...
by | | Formation, Foundation, Freedom, Market Commentary
Today the market took some sharp losses as I’m sure you’ve heard about excessively through your mainstream media channels. The major markets suffered losses around 5% just today (8/4/2011). We thought it was important for you to know our thoughts about the market and...
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Markets closed the first half of the year with a bang. Through June 24th the S&P 500 was up just over 1% for the year. Then, in the last four days of June the market rallied over 4% to bring the S&P 500 up to a total return of 5.01% for the first half of the...
