The beginning of spring each year brings a handful of exciting things. The NCAA Final Four is this weekend, the Masters golf tournament starts next Thursday, the MLB season is getting underway next week, and people are starting to get their tax refunds back from the...
A lot of headline news has been made so far in 2017. While it might be entertaining, or interesting, to watch on a daily basis, there are a few large scale questions that should always be in the front of your mind. Am I still on track to reach my goals? (If you...
We're approaching the end of the 1st quarter of 2017, and that means a few things. I'm sure you've all seen the hundreds of H&R Block commercials about it, but 'Tax Day' is coming up. Here's just a friendly reminder to get your taxes done BEFORE the due date....
The first pullback of 2017 has continued on this Monday morning. Some short-term investors could be disappointed at the timing of this pullback right at the end of the first quarter. However, for MOST investors, it could prove as a nice opportunity to put some more...
Opening Day for Major League Baseball is fast approaching (finally!), and that also means the fantasy baseball season is fast approaching as well. Like investing, there are plenty of different ways to draft your fantasy baseball team. Should you take pitchers first,...
Well it seems that we are in the midst of the first actual pullback of 2017. It's funny how fast sentiment can change in this industry. No more than a week or so ago, majority of the industry were flying high on higher markets and strong first quarter numbers....
We've saw the biggest down day of 2017 yesterday. Considering it's almost the end of the first quarter, I'd say that's a pretty solid start to the year. Whether this is a small pullback remains to be seen, but overall the market seems to be getting off to a strong...
This morning the S&P 500 did something for the first time in 64 trading days dating back to December 14, 2016. It was the first time there was an intraday move of +/- 1% on the index. This morning the S&P 500 at one point was down more than 1%. Whether it...
What a weekend in college basketball! Thinking back to my post last week, it couldn't have been more true. That's why they play the games! Hopefully everyone's brackets out there aren't TOO busted yet. On the bright side, today is the first day of Spring, and...
Happy St. Patrick's Day everybody! March is always a funny month to me. There are "St. Patrick's Day" parades almost every single weekend here in Monmouth county New Jersey during the month of March. It turns the month of March into St. Patrick's Month instead of...
