Bill Hastie |

Another turbulent week in the U.S. equity market ended with a solid rally last Friday.  On the day, the S&P gained 2.4%, the Dow finished up 1.7% and the ever

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Bill Hastie |

The U.S. equity markets gave back some of the gains of the last two years by having their worst week in almost 2020.  The S&P 500 fell 5.7% for its steepest

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Melissa Martin, Certified Intuitive Eating Counselor, Certified Pilates Instructor |

The New Year using brings on a newfound interest in decluttering and minimalism. Marie Kondo is mainly responsible for bringing this concept mainstream in the

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Bill Hastie |

2021 in Review

It was a particularly strong year for the U.S. equity markets, with all three major indices rallying in the 4th quarter and in the month of

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Bill Hastie |

Investors are coming off a rough week with all three major market indices losing ground, especially the tech-heavy NASDAQ now down 5% for the new year, to

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Bill Hastie |

All three major U.S. stock averages declined in the first week of 2022, with the S&P 500 and NASDAQ posting their first four-day losing streak since September. 

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Bill Hastie |

Last Friday closed the books on another stellar year in the U.S. equity markets.  By the widest margin in 24 years, but only for sixth time in history, the S&P

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Bill Hastie |

A holiday-shortened week last week saw some solid gains as the Dow, S&P 500 and NASDAQ all finished to the upside, 1.7%, 2.3% and 3.2%, respectively.  Is this

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Bill Hastie |

Last Friday was a very rough day in the U.S. equity markets, ending what was a very rough week.  The Dow dropped nearly 1.5% on Friday and almost 1.7% for the

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Bill Hastie |

This month we would like to share an article written by Commonwealth Financial Network’s chief investment officer, Brad McMillan, CFA, CAIA, MAI, which captures

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