by Libertas | Mar 15, 2019 | Adam Koos, CFP®, Commentary
Five months ago, the market took a -20% nose-dive between September 21st and December 24th. Since then, the bounce off the near-term bottom has started to chop sideways, which is completely normal behavior. If you look all the way back to July of last year, the...
by Libertas | Mar 8, 2019 | Adam Koos, CFP®, Commentary
With last week marking the end of the month, we took a deep dive into the near and long-term picture surrounding the market. If you missed it, CLICK HERE to go directly to last week’s update on the state of the market. This week, the markets have taken a negative...
by Libertas | Mar 2, 2019 | Adam Koos, CFP®, Commentary
While I try to write one of these updates on the state of the market each and every week, it’s the end (or beginning) of a month that adds some good perspective. Reason being, we always want to invest with the trend, not against it. And for most investors, the trend...
by Libertas | Feb 22, 2019 | Adam Koos, CFP®, Commentary
It’s been 40 trading days since the big, December 24th low when the market completed its short-term correction bottom, falling a total of -19.8% from the Sept 21st high. Since then, we’ve seen an impressive rally take place, but there are a lot of questions that need...
by Libertas | Feb 8, 2019 | Adam Koos, CFP®, Commentary
I’ll be honest… I didn’t even turn on the State of the Union Address. I had a couple friends text me about it as it was going on, and I let them know I was instead watching The Punisher series and Impractical Jokers with Donna. I think my choice of viewing pleasure...
by Libertas | Feb 1, 2019 | Adam Koos, CFP®, Commentary
“Don’t Fight the Trend” By: Adam D. Koos, CFP® President / Portfolio Manager Not just ANY trend, but “The Primary Trend.” This is from Charles Dow’s first lesson on the first day of class in Investing 101. Would you paddle a boat upstream? Would you bake cookies...
