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 [...]
Fact Of The Week 22 December 2021
The U.S. Stock Markets will be closed this Friday. We wish everyone a very Merry Christmas! Did you know? The Nasdaq and NYSE will be closed on Friday, December 24th in observance of Christmas. Source: NYSE & Nasdaq 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 [...]
Fact Of The Week 15 December 2021
Do you know which are the 5 stocks that contributed to more than a third of the gain in the S&P 500 this year? Did you know? Only 5 stocks accounted for more than 35% of the S&P 500’s return in 2021. Source: Goldman Sachs Global Investment 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 [...]
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Fact Of The Week December 8, 2021
Inflows into equities this year have far surmounted inflows from prior years. Contact us to find out what this means for you and your financial situation. Did you Know? Investors have invested more money into equity based funds in 2021 than the previous 19 years combined! Source: BofA Global Research & Bloomberg 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 [...]