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Stock Market Commentary August 2020

Stock Market Commentary August 2020

Market CommentaryJuly proved to be a profitable month for both our portfolios and the stock market indices. While the DOW Jones is still down about 11% from the highs earlier this year, it made some progress in July (Source: https://finance.yahoo.com/quote/%5EDJI/history?p=%5EDJI). The markets seem to be bouncing up and down within a range the past few

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Ken Wink•
Stock Market Commentary July 2020

Stock Market Commentary July 2020

Market Commentary The ongoing Covid pandemic affected the market, both higher and lower, in June. In our last market commentary, we said the probability of a short term pull back was very high and just a few days after our commentary was posted, from June 8th until June 11th, the DOW Jones dropped nearly 9%, and then

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Ken Wink•
Diversification Strategies for Bond Investments: Managing Risk and Return

Diversification Strategies for Bond Investments: Managing Risk and Return

As the saying goes, do not place all your eggs in one basket. This is perhaps one of the most important lessons when discussing investment management and retirement planning. Before we dive into the various diversification options, if you need a refresher on diversification in general, please reference our post from last month. (This post

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Zach Bachner•
Stock Market Commentary June 2020

Stock Market Commentary June 2020

May ended up being a profitable month for our portfolios and a profitable month for the major stock market indexes as well. We’re still quite a bit ahead of the DOW in our in-house managed portfolios year-to-date. There are a lot of conflicting issues to consider this month. There continues to be protests, both peaceful

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James Wink•