July 15, 2019
Kaydan’s Commentary
by: Danielle Howard
THE MARKETS The bulls are running. Last week, the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index set a new record, closing above 3,000 for the first time. Other...
July 2, 2019
Kaydan’s Commentary
by: Jim Kruzan, CFP®, CRPC®
THE MARKETS In the infamous words of Mortimer Snerd, “Who’d a thunk it?” 1 After U.S. stocks dropped sharply during the last weeks of December...
June 24, 2019
Kaydan’s Commentary
by: Jim Kruzan, CFP®, CRPC®
THE MARKETS Everything went up – and that’s unusual. Randall Forsyth of Barron’s explained, “Like our major political parties, the stock and...
June 17, 2019
Kaydan’s Commentary
by: Jim Kruzan, CFP®, CRPC®
THE MARKETS Are we on the cusp of change? The United States is doing quite well. Randall Forsyth of Barron’s reported:1 “…the U.S. economy and...
June 10, 2019
Kaydan’s Commentary
by: Jim Kruzan, CFP®, CRPC®
THE MARKETS Surprise! It was a great week for the markets. Since the U.S.-China trade conflict resumed in early May, investors have been off balance....
June 3, 2019
Kaydan’s Commentary
by: Jim Kruzan, CFP®, CRPC®
THE MARKETS Tariff trouble. Just two weeks ago, the U.S. government lifted tariffs on Mexico and Canada. So, it was a surprise last week when...
May 28, 2019
Kaydan’s Commentary
by: Jim Kruzan, CFP®, CRPC®
THE MARKETS U.S. stocks have had a great run. During the past decade, the profitability of U.S. companies increased rapidly. Strong corporate...
May 20, 2019
Kaydan’s Commentary
by: Jim Kruzan, CFP®, CRPC®
THE MARKETS Trade war trade-off. There was some good news on trade, last week. The United States took steps to reduce trade friction with the...
May 6, 2019
Kaydan’s Commentary
by: Jim Kruzan, CFP®, CRPC®
THE MARKETS The Standard & Poor’s 500 Index is off to its best start in 20 years.1 Despite the exceptional performance of U.S. stock markets...