by Ryan Shumaker, The Retirement Team | Sep 1, 2020 | Blog
Last month the S&P 500 reached a new all time high. Crazily this has come at the same time that retail investors have been piling out of mutual funds and ETFs at a record rate. The week the S&P 500 finally made it back to where it was in February of this year...
by Ryan Shumaker, The Retirement Team | Jun 1, 2020 | Blog
Typically when you fail to plan, you are planning to fail. It’s best to have a plan before trouble comes, rather than make emotional decisions on the fly during times of duress as this often leads to the exact wrong decision. Incredibly nearly 1/3 of investors 65+ (a...
by Ryan Shumaker, The Retirement Team | Mar 10, 2020 | Blog
Financial markets have been on a bit of a wild ride as of late, so we’d like to give some comments and context as to what is occurring. In 12 trading days we have seen the S&P 500 drop by 17% and in just one day we have seen oil drop by more than 30%. On Monday we...
by Ryan Shumaker, The Retirement Team | Jan 1, 2020 | Blog
A common question I’ve heard as of late is ‘what’s the stock market going to do given the upcoming election?’ Well let’s start by looking at how the S&P 500 has fared in the 18 elections since World War II. There has only been 2 years out of the 18 where the...
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