APRIL 2017: Home Prices Surged to Their Highest Level in Nearly Three Years
Submitted by The Blakeley Group, Inc. on April 10th, 2017NOTE: Areas with blue text show the most recent market updates since the March Capital Highlights email.
Capital Highlights is published monthly. It is a concise timely summary of US and global market updates that are informative and insightful.
NOTE: Areas with blue text show the most recent market updates since the March Capital Highlights email. We are happy to have a new member joining The Blakeley Group. Reana Brady has joined the group assisting Dick and helping support the rest of the team. Please feel free to call or email Reana at 408-459-4911 or info@theblakeleygroup.com. She can help handle most requests and arrange time for calls in my calendar. "Please email or call 408-459-4911 if you would like to schedule time to call or meet to discuss what The Blakeley Group is working on in 2017.” ~ Dick Blakeley, CFO NOTE: Areas with blue text show the most recent market updates since the December Capital Highlights email. "An investment in knowledge pays the best interest.” NOTE: Areas with blue text show the most recent market updates since the November Capital Highlights email. Please look at the last page on Fig. 4, the ranking is at a 14 and a reversal will be in taken when the ranking is 17. Stay tuned and we will see which direction the portfolio needs/should be positioned. SUGGESTED READING "Nuveen Briefing Paper on Markets and Presidential Election Cycles" Want your own copy? “If I had an hour to solve a problem and my life depended on the solution, I would spend the first 55 minutes determining the proper question to ask. for once I know the proper question, I could solve the problem in less than five minutes." ~ Albert Einstein The very big picture: In the "decades" timeframe, the question of whether we are in a continuing Secular Bear Market that began in 2000 or in a new Secular Bull Market has been the subject of hot debate among economists and market watchers since 2013, when the Dow and S&P 500 exceeded their 2000 and 2007 highs. Even if we are in a new Secular Bull Market, market history says future returns are likely to be modest at best. NOTE: Areas with blue text show the most recent market updates since the June Capital Highlights email.APRIL 2017: Home Prices Surged to Their Highest Level in Nearly Three Years
Submitted by The Blakeley Group, Inc. on April 10th, 2017
MARCH 2017: Consumers Confidence at a 15 year high
Submitted by The Blakeley Group, Inc. on March 10th, 2017
FEB 2017: Job Growth Details
Submitted by The Blakeley Group, Inc. on February 10th, 2017
JAN 2017: Predictions
Submitted by The Blakeley Group, Inc. on January 6th, 2017
DEC 2016: U.S. economy grew at the fastest pace in over 2 years
Submitted by The Blakeley Group, Inc. on December 12th, 2016
~ Benjamin FranklinNOV 2016: Uncertainty
Submitted by The Blakeley Group, Inc. on November 12th, 2016
October 2016: Stocks Finished the Week Modestly High
Submitted by The Blakeley Group, Inc. on October 6th, 2016
September 2016: Securities Markets were pretty "blah" in August
Submitted by The Blakeley Group, Inc. on September 12th, 2016
August 2016: The U.S. Major Indexes Finished the Week Mixed
Submitted by The Blakeley Group, Inc. on August 4th, 2016
July 2016: S&P 500 Regained Almost All of the Brexit-related Declines
Submitted by The Blakeley Group, Inc. on July 7th, 2016