I often tell people the thing that causes the NEXT market correction is rarely something any of us predicted. There are usually outside forces that can impact the markets. Often it is the REACTION to the EXPECTED event that causes collateral damage. It's far too early to look into the
Update: On Tuesday, February 22 the first trend indicator in AmeriGuard & Cornerstone triggered a sell. This moved AmeriGuard Balanced, Moderate, Growth, and Aggressive as well as Cornerstone Balanced & Growth to the mid-range of our equity exposure. For instance, AmeriGuard & Cornerstone Balanced are now 50% exposed to equities
Last week we learned inflation is running at the highest annualized rate since 1982. This led one Federal Reserve President (James Bullard of St. Louis) to say he will push to increase interest rates up 1% by July. Wall Street quickly upped their expectations for Fed Rate hikes to include
We're only 6 weeks into the new year, but the wild stock and bond market swings have made it seem like much more time has passed. This of course is because 2021 was a relatively easy year where seemingly everything went up in value. In our 4th Quarter Newsletter, I
Last week was a roller coaster that required nearly nightly updates to the Monday Morning Musings. This was mostly due to the angst and uncertainty over the Fed meeting. With the 2%+ move off the lows in the last hour on Friday, the S&P 500 eked out a
