by westlakeFi | Oct 22, 2018 | Opinion, Retirement, Stock Market
You and I didn’t feel it but there was a 6.4 magnitude earthquake at the IMF annual meetings in Bali, where “global finance chiefs spent the week assessing the tremors now ripping through the world economy,” Bloomberg reported October 15, 2018. PIMCO’s global economic...
by westlakeFi | Oct 11, 2018 | Retirement, Stock Market
As we move to the fall season, until recently the stock market almost daily hits another new record, but some clouds are appearing on the horizon. Only time will tell if the storm clouds blow away or if a hurricane is on the way. “NOAA study finds Houston’s 100-year...
by westlakeFi | Aug 3, 2018 | Financial Management, Retirement, Stock Market
The stock market has been responding positively to better than expected earnings, “The Melt Up is officially here. This is the boom we’ve been waiting for. And this phase should last 12 to 18 months”, said Steve Sjuggerud, Stansberry Research. He went on to say,...
by westlakeFi | Jun 28, 2018 | Financial Management, News, Stock Market
Let me address the elephant in the room. As I wrote back in April 2018, the market volatility is due in large part to burgeoning signs of an all-out trade war. On March 9, 2018, in an effort to restore an American industry to its previous luster, President Trump...
by westlakeFi | May 1, 2018 | Financial Management, News, Retirement, Stock Market
With so many moving parts it’s just as difficult to avoid knowing what to watch as it is to keep from being distracted. Here are the pieces to the puzzle that can help you focus on this market. To begin, I suggest when you hear about the stock market in the news the...
by westlakeFi | Mar 26, 2018 | Community, Retirement, Stock Market
Based on data collected through February 15, the most recent Conference Board Consumer Confidence Index was released on February 27, 2018. “Consumer confidence improved to its highest level since 2000 (Nov. 2000, 132.6) after a modest increase in January,” said Lynn...
