by Mitch Fisher | Jun 11, 2019 | Monthly and Special Reports
“April Showers bring May flowers.” Sorry, not this year in the stock market. The S&P 500 fell more than 6% in May, a reminder of last December’s plunge of 9%. Currently, we have the same trade war brewing with China, and Mexico was just added to the fray. But this...
by Mitch Fisher | Mar 11, 2019 | Monthly and Special Reports
It’s March 8, 2009. The market’s down 56% from its all-time high, unemployment is over 8% and hurtling toward 10%, it’s just been reported that real GDP dropped at a 6.2% annual rate in Q4 of 2008, and it feels like the world is coming to an end. You’re tired,...
by Mitch Fisher | Feb 13, 2019 | Monthly and Special Reports
Santa’s sleigh has met some stormy market turbulence following the recent Halloween nightmare on Wall Street. Unless there is a strong holiday rally, you will be probably be very disappointed in your year-end investment statements. After nine years of positive...
by Mitch Fisher | Nov 1, 2018 | Monthly and Special Reports
Nightmare on Wall Street or a Keith Richards Stock Market? When you receive your October investment statement you may be in for a shock. The S&P 500 Index was scared into a 10% fall this month after nine years of dreamy gains. The question is whether most...
by Mitch Fisher | Aug 14, 2018 | Monthly and Special Reports
There was a whole lotta shakin’ going on in the markets for the last six months…but not much really happened. Equities rode higher in January, then the DOW dropped 1,175 points on one day in February. We shimmied through the Korean conflict, felt a breeze from another...
by Mitch Fisher | May 17, 2018 | Monthly and Special Reports
When something is very delicious, in Hawaiian slang they say it “broke da mouth”. As we lift off in 2018, let us briefly savor some of the tasty records from last year and try to put the low points behind us. Led by hurricanes Harvey and Irma, 2017 was...
