2018 Q4 Market Commentary

By Tim Mudd | January 4, 2019

Are we at a tipping point in the stock market? The economy?? Or Both??? Over the last 3 months, we have heard a number of negative headlines including but not limited to the following: Government Shutdown, Trade Wars/Tariffs, Rising Interest Rates, Flattening Yield Curve, Trump, Corporate Debt, Government Debt, Global Economy and of course…Recession. This…

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2018 Q1 Market Commentary

By Tim Mudd | April 18, 2018

After starting the year where we left off in 2017 with the S&P 500 rising more than 7% in January, the market finally met some volatility that we haven’t seen in several quarters.  Inflation fears, higher interest rates, tariffs, privacy concerns and other issues finally took the buzz off of the tax cuts and made…

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2Q 2017 Market Commentary

By Tim Mudd | July 17, 2017

The markets continued to march higher into the 2nd quarter.  With the strong finish, it marked the eighth straight month of gains for the Dow Jones Industrial Average.  The Dow is now enjoying a rise of 8.0% for the year while the S&P 500 is up 8.2%. While those two indices have had impressive returns…

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