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Bouchey Financial Group 4th Quarter Market & Economic Review

By Samantha Masey | October 19, 2015

Market Overview The saying has always been “when the U.S. sneezes, the rest of the world catches a cold.” Watching the performance of the stock market this past quarter one may wonder if this adage needs to be adjusted to “when the U.S. or China sneezes, the rest of the world catches a cold”. The…

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Is volatility a friend or foe?

By Samantha Masey | October 5, 2015

By Steven B. Bouchey Investors get so nervous about stock market volatility that they sometimes forget what is most important during times like these – patience. The majority of investor’s portfolios are being used to fund retirement which in many cases is a long ways away. Not only that, but even current retirees can expect…

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It’s All About Jobs

By Samantha Masey | October 2, 2015

Written by: Steven B. Bouchey The stock market didn’t need any more reasons to extend the recent volatility but guess what, todays jobs report did just that. The number of new jobs created was 142,000, well short of the estimated 200,000 jobs.   This could confuse the Fed more as to when should they should raise interest rates. What was…

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The Impact of China

By Samantha Masey | September 25, 2015

Written by: Ryan Bouchey The two leading sources of the markets bad fortunes of late are the Federal Reserve and China. We’ve discussed in great detail our perspective regarding the Fed – essentially that uncertainty is rattling the markets and when the Fed does decide to raise rates it should help the stock market. We haven’t…

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Breaking down the Federal Reserve Statement

By Samantha Masey | September 18, 2015

Written by: Ryan Bouchey   Another Federal Reserve meeting without a change to the federal funds rate has left investors with more questions than answers and led to a brief sell off in the equity markets. Through the end of day Thursday and into the futures market on Friday morning, all U.S. indices have declined.…

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Don’t be Short Sighted

By Samantha Masey | September 16, 2015

Written by: Martin X. Shields To be financially successful, it is important to understand how much our financial and investment decisions are impacted by our personal behavioral characteristics and our emotions versus solid analytical research. Having a good understanding of this interdependence doesn’t mean that you will be able to completely remove emotions or human…

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August Jobs Report – What does it Mean?

By Samantha Masey | September 4, 2015

Written by: Ryan Bouchey The August jobs numbers are out and for all intents and purposes it was a big miss. Economist had forecasted 220,000 jobs being added and only 173,000 were created, and the unemployment rate actually fell to 5.1%. This was a very important reading as it’s the last piece of major economic…