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Monthly Economic & Market Commentary and an article from our Investment Strategist

 

 

Topics: Investments, Economy, china, strategy

Technology and the meaning of true relationships.

I watched the Neftlix documentary, Fyre, last night and went to bed feeling thoroughly confused. First of all, I was not aware of the "Fyre Festival" that is the subject of the documentary, and the events that transpired leading up to and during its massive failure.

Watching the film is like watching a cataclysmic car accident on a busy highway. One in which all the drivers are either drunk, stupid, exhibitionists, or all three. I felt like I was watching a movie where it was impossible to like anyone, including the "influencers" and ignorant customers of the "event."

Topics: Financial Planning, Fyre, Fyre Festival, Social Media

The Fed Blinks

January 31, 2019

 

World equity prices have extended their January uptrend over the past two weeks. Most broad-based indexes have recovered more than 50% of the declines that ended on December 24, 2018. Progress on resolution of trade disputes with China and reduced anxiety over the course of short-term interest rates appear to have flipped investor sentiment 180° from late December.

Topics: Investments, mutual funds, Economics, stocks, markets, interest rates

January 10, 2019

 A new year lies before investors. Most were happy to see the end of 2018 with its staggering volatility and almost commonplace 1-2% intraday swings. In this essay, we attempt to identify economic and political trends across the globe that can be expected to be among the key components of decisions to buy or sell equities in 2019.

Equity prices reflect the collective opinions, hopes, fears and experiences of market participants. News is disseminated virtually instantaneously and reflected in prices without delay. While we cannot foresee how, or which future developments will most affect the equity markets this year, it is useful to be aware of trends that could be germane to investor decisions.

Topics: Investments, Economy, Economics, stocks, markets

Read the quarterly commentary from Byron Sanders, our Investment Strategist.  Click on the image below to download.  Email Byron directly at byron@artifexfinancial.com if you have any questions for him.

Best regards,

 

Your Artifex Team

Topics: Financial Planning, Retirement Planning, Economics, stocks, bonds, markets

Our Chief Investment Officer and Partner, Doug Kinsey, was quoted in the Dayton Daily News yesterday. We offer it below for your review. Best wishes to all for a Happy New Year and prosperous 2019!

Topics: Investments, stocks

Our periodic newsletter is published and ready.

Topics: Investments, Economy, Retirement Planning, stocks, inflation

Our periodic newsletter is published and ready.

Topics: Investments, Economy, Retirement Planning, stocks, inflation

Interesting Facts About Independence Day

The Business of Fireworks

 

As most middle-school age kids know, in the summer of 1776, representatives of the 13 colonies considered a resolution that would declare their independence from Great Britain. And on July 2nd of the same year, the Continental Congress voted in favor of independence. Then on July 4, 1776, the delegates adopted the Declaration of Independence, arguably the nation’s most historic document drafted by Thomas Jefferson.

Topics: Fee-Only Financial Planning, Independence Day, Fireworks