There are three “components” to building a fire. First, you need fuel: wood, gas, paper, etc. The fuel burns and sustains the fire after it has been lit. Second, you need oxygen. No fire can ever burn without oxygen. Finally, you need “spark”. This essentially boils down to the temperature reaching the required level for ignition to occur. A careful combination of these three essential ingredients determines the difference between a warm campfire and a full-blown, out-of-control fire. Heading into the summer of 2021, the entire world economy set the [...]

Average home prices in major U.S. metropolitan areas rose 18.8% in 2021. Do you know which city had the fastest home-price growth in the country? DID YOU KNOW? In 2021, average U.S. home prices in metropolitan areas had the largest calendar-year increase since the Case-Shiller index began in 1987. Source: WSJ, S&P CoreLogic Case-Shiller National Home Price Index 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 [...]

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. Signature Wealth Management Group only transacts business in states [...]

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 an investment adviser with the SEC. Signature Wealth Management [...]

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 excluded or exempted from registration requirements. Investing involves risk [...]

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 returns to the mean, and churn out a predictably [...]

Climbing commodity prices, ambitious government spending packages due to the COVID-19 pandemic and the subsequent economic crash have resurrected a long-dormant fear: runaway inflation. But what is inflation, and is it something to worry about? A lot of the thinking surrounding inflation has changed over the years, and economists disagree on what causes it and how much weight the federal government and Federal Reserve should give it when it sets fiscal and monetary policies. Here’s a closer look: What is inflation? Inflation refers to a general increase in the price [...]