The Fed put the hammer down.

The Fed put the hammer down.

The Fed has spoken and they have decided to put the hammer to the markets.   What happened? As we predicted in yesterday’s post, the Fed announced they would raise interest rates during their meeting announcement today. From there, we thought the likely option would...
What do you do with a Fed Meeting?

What do you do with a Fed Meeting?

The Fed meeting is at 2:00 p.m. Eastern Time tomorrow (12/19/2018) and the market WILL react. What do you do? At this point, analysts are almost evenly divided about what will happen to the markets after the Fed meeting. There are three possible outcomes:  ...
What’s the biggest mistake to avoid during market volatility?

What’s the biggest mistake to avoid during market volatility?

After today’s additional declines of more than 500 points in the Dow, 2.08% in the S&P and 2.27% in the NASDAQ plus the news that we’re on pace for the worst December in the markets since The Great Depression (yes, THAT Great Depression), it can be...
Get Irked – Week in Review – Episode 17

Get Irked – Week in Review – Episode 17

The Get Irked Week in Review Episode 17 – December 10-14, 2018 In The Markets: Like a manic-depressive on an energy drink binge, the U.S.-China Trade War continues to fluctuate between great news and terrible news, creating huge volatility throughout the entire...
Get Irked – Week in Review – Episode 16

Get Irked – Week in Review – Episode 16

The Get Irked Week in Review Episode 16 – December 3-7, 2018 In The Markets: • Good news from the G20 Summit on Monday was quickly dashed with another series of Trump tweets as well as the arrest of the Huawei CFO by Canadian officials on behalf of the U.S. The...