Indices closed the session with mixed moves on Monday, as the Dow Jones Industrial Average and S&P 500 Index closed with gains while the NASDAQ Composite shed some points. Overall, stocks gained on news that White House trade officials have reached an agreement with Canada to revamp NAFTA…
Henssler Research Analysts Jacob Keen and Nick Antonucci, CVA, join Chief Investment Officer Troy Harmon, CFA, CVA to discuss the Fed’s interest rate increase in September, how Hurricane Florence affected the market, and October’s economic outlook.
Blockchain is a data structure used to create a digital ledger shared among a distributed network of computers. It was initially designed for the peer-to-peer exchange of the virtual currency bitcoin. However, businesses are now developing and testing some potentially game-changing blockchain applications. According to a recent survey of executives across a variety of industries,…
The Dow Jones Industrial Average and S&P 500 Index shed some points on Monday, while the NASDAQ Composite stepped up. Moves were mixed amid trade concerns, D.C. turmoil, and a jump in oil prices…
The week began with U.S. Equities developing weakness as signs that the U.S. trade fight with China was set to escalate. This capped stock gains and sent the dollar lower…
The week kicked off with the S&P 500 index snapping a four-day losing streak, thanks to gains in the Industrial and Technology sectors. The S&P 500 climbed 0.2%, and the NASDAQ Composite advanced 0.3%…
In today’s Marietta Daily Journal, Bil Lako, CFP®, explains why you probably shouldn’t compare your portfolio’s performance to the S&P 500 Index. Read the Article This article is for demonstrative and academic purposes and is meant to provide valuable background information on particular investments, NOT a recommendation to buy. The investments referenced within this article may currently…
Henssler Research Analysts Jacob Keen and Nick Antonucci, CVA, join Chief Investment Officer Troy Harmon, CFA, CVA to discuss anticipated interest rate hike from the Federal Reserve, how international markets have affected the world economy, and the length of our current bull market run.
The market kicked off the holiday-shortened week, closing in the red zone on Tuesday, as stocks traded lower on a variety of economic news. The ISM Manufacturing Index was surprisingly strong in August, rising to 61.3 from 58.1 in July, exceeding consensus expectations…
According to the most recent Congressional Budget Office (CBO) projection, the federal budget deficit for fiscal year 2018 (which ends on September 30) will reach $793 billion, or 3.9% of gross domestic product (GDP). This figure is $230 billion larger than the CBO previously estimated in June 2017, largely because legislation enacted since then reduced…
