by Michael Raidt | Mar 24, 2021 | Investing & Markets, Investment Management
March 23, 2020 marked the low point of the pandemic induced market crash. On that day, the S&P 500 reached a low of 2,192 before closing at 2,237. This marked a nearly 34% decline from a then record high set just weeks earlier on February 19, 2020. To put this...
by Jeannette Jones | Dec 16, 2020 | Investing & Markets, Investment Management
The Dow, the S&P 500, and Tesla’s New Home When people start investing or relying on their portfolio to replace their paycheck in retirement, they typically begin watching the Dow Jones Industrial Average (Dow) to track the market and determine if their portfolio...
by Sarah Tenhundfeld | Nov 25, 2020 | Investment Management
People, and markets alike, crave certainty whether the outcome is what they expected or not. Once there is certainty, it becomes easier to adapt to the rules. So, with the presidential election behind us we have one more thing to add to the list of things we know with...
by Chip Workman | Aug 19, 2020 | Financial Education, Investment Management
No, this isn’t TAAG’s review of the latest hot releases on Netflix, Hulu or Amazon Prime… From time to time, I like to use my turn on the blog to offer some insight as to what we’re paying attention to at TAAG at the moment. Most of these are not items that require...
by Sarah Tenhundfeld | Jun 3, 2020 | Financial Planning, Investment Management
As I sit down to write this blog it’s a little after 11 am, and it’s the first time today that I’ve checked to see what the stock market is doing. This morning I was busy preparing for a client meeting that Chip and I have next week and then reviewed trades placed in...
by Jeannette Jones | Apr 15, 2020 | Investing & Markets, Investment Management
COVID-19 has provided a dizzying reminder of how difficult it can be to predict the future of market movements, and how counter-intuitive those market changes can appear to be. Why would a typically market-friendly announcement, like the Fed’s reduction of the target...
