Happy spring! The weather has been unbelievably pleasant during this run up to summer – hope the wheel doesn’t fall off with a last freeze or two! The Market The market has recovered nicely after a bad start at the beginning of the year. Most indices are up during the first quarter, with the exception…
Here we go again – another panic on Wall Street. It is just over 4 months since the market had its last major swoon in August last year. On Friday the US stock market went down 2.1% and it has declined 8.48% since the beginning of the year. No one knows what the market will…
The Market Since the market decline in August, the stock market has been bouncing around and is almost back to the levels at the beginning of the year. For the year to date the major indices are showing the following total returns[i]: US stock market -1.65% (Vanguard Total Stock Market VTI) International Markets -0.95% (Vanguard…
What is the Market Going to Do? Since the beginning of the year, the stock market has been treading water eking out a small gain of 5.94% (Vanguard Total World Stock ETF VT) and bonds are practically even at a 0.78% gain year-to-date (Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF BND). No one knows what the…