Bouchey Blog
For the investor looking for a calm, headline free year, they certainly didn’t find it in 2012. From the potential impact of the Fiscal Cliff, to continued concerns of a spread of the European crisis, the possibility of an Israel and Iran conflict and weakness in emerging market economies, there were plenty of reasons and…
After the latest turn of events in Washington, I thought it was time to try and make sense out of the mess our country is in. A Blog is a forum to share ones opinion, and let me start off by saying I am not registered in any political party, I’m considered a blank at…
Charles Schwab tells us that we are in the top 10% of all firms in the country because of our dedicated team and the investment we’ve made in technology. With that being said, we aren’t sitting on our laurels and have invested in a trading / CRM platform that is second to none so we…
Investors saw red during the 2nd quarter and it wasn’t from the fireworks, rather it was the never ending headlines that added to the volatility and made for a down quarter. The Dow was off – 2.5%, S&P 500 down – 3.3%, Nasdaq giving back the most – 5% and the Russell 2000 small-cap index…
Happy New Year!!! I have been helping clients manage their wealth for more than 21 years and I can’t remember a year that was as crazy as 2011 was. With that being said, let me start out by saying goodbye 2011 and HELLO 2012. Since 1926, the S&P 500 index has returned 11% during an…
It’s only a couple hours into the trading day but the markets are up over 3% and some near 4%, wiping out more than half of last week’s losses (its early and who knows where we will be at 4:00). Long-term investors need to take notice that trying to time the markets is a losing…
Grab a parachute and hold on tight, it looks like we are going over the “Fiscal Cliff”
I never thought it would come to this, but after 18 months, our elected officials in Washington have waited to the very last minute and aren’t willing to negotiate a deal to stop our country from going over the “Fiscal Cliff”. President Obama won’t budge on reforming entitlement programs which he desperately needs to do,…