Fact Of The Week 16 February 2022
Both the S&P500 and the US 10-Year have a negative return in 2022. It would be very rare for both indexes to end the year negative based on historical data. DID YOU KNOW? Since 1928, the S&P500 and the US 10 Year Treasury Bond have both finished the year with a negative return only 4 times. Source: NYU Stern & Factset This material is for informational or educational purposes only. Signature Wealth Management Group is registered as an investment adviser with the SEC. [...]
Fact Of The Week 26 January 2022
Volatility and corrections in the market are nothing new. Reach out to us to make sure your asset-allocation is properly aligned for this latest correction in the market. DID YOU KNOW? In the last 42 years, the S&P 500 has experienced an average intra-year decline of 14%, yet has ended positive in 32 of those years. Source: JP Morgan Guide to the Market Dec 2021 This material is for informational or educational purposes only. Signature Wealth Management Group is registered as [...]
On This Day In History January 24, 1848
ON THIS DAY IN HISTORY THE CALIFORNIA GOLD RUSH January 24, 1848 On this day in history, James W. Marshall discovered gold on the property of Johann A. Sutter near Coloma, California. Although met with skepticism at first, President Polk endorsed the discovery in December 1848 initiating the explosion of the Gold Rush. Nearly 100,000 people arrived in California in 1849, providing the origin of their nick-name "forty-niners". Source: Library of Congress This material is for informational or educational purposes only. [...]
Fact Of The Week 20 January 2022
The 10 Year Yield is at a 2-year high, what does this mean for your retirement portfolio? Contact us for more insight. DID YOU KNOW? The US 10 Year Treasury Yield is above 1.8% for the first time in 2 years. Source: Factset This material is for informational or educational purposes only. Signature Wealth Management Group is registered as an investment adviser with the SEC. Signature Wealth Management Group only transacts business in states where it is properly registered, or is [...]
Fact Of The Week 12 January 2022
Did you know? Apple became the first company to hit a market cap of trillion. Source: CNBC Jan. 2022 This material is for informational or educational purposes only. Signature Wealth Management Group is registered as an investment adviser with the SEC. Signature Wealth Management Group only transacts business in states where it is properly registered, or is excluded or exempted from registration requirements. Investing involves risk including the potential loss of principal. No investment strategy can guarantee a profit or protect [...]
Fact Of The Week 5 January 2022
In 2021, the S&P 500’s price increased by 27%, and earnings grew by 65%. This is the highest annual increase for earnings on record which dates back to 1989. Did you know? S&P 500 Earnings per Share increased by 65% in 2021, the highest annual increase ever recorded. Source: Compound Capital Advisors, S&P500 (1989-2021) This material is for informational or educational purposes only. Signature Wealth Management Group is registered as an investment adviser with the SEC. Signature Wealth Management Group only [...]
The Secretly Best Time To Invest
The time period between the peak of the Dotcom Bubble in 2000 and the bottom of the Global Financial Crisis (GFC) in 2009 is widely considered the worst period of investment returns since the Great Depression. During that time period, the Nasdaq Composite lost nearly 70% of value and the economy is still reeling from the consequences of the GFC today. Common sense would say that investing at the top of the Dotcom Bubble would be a terrible decision, right? Well, [...]
On This Day In History December 23, 1913
You probably hear about the Federal Reserve in the news quite a bit, but did you know when it was established? FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM ESTABLISHED December 23, 1913 ON THIS DAY IN HISTORY On this day in history, President Woodrow Wilson signed the Federal Reserve Act into law to create a decentralized central bank to,balance the competing interests of private banks and populist sentiment. After JP Morgan's death earlier that year, the US realized he would not be around to bailout [...]
Holiday Traditions in Market Predictions
Holiday Traditions in Market Predictions Brian Ransom, MBA, MS Research Director Signature Wealth Management Group It’s the end of the year and thus begins the many holiday traditions surrounding the year end: decorating Christmas trees, visiting family, gluttonous amounts of overeating, futile predictions of next year’s market returns. While that last one may not be a common in your household, every year equity market analysts gather like Christmas elves to regress economic output, sum up all the parts, revert their [...]