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Phase-One Trade Deal Reached

This week on Wall Street Last week, The U.S. ad China announced a limited trade agreement. The news lifted the U....

Alphavest Quarterly Newsletter: 2018 losses erased–What else does 2019 have in store?

At Alphavest, our focus is on an objective, rules-based investment strategy. We understand what works in our changing...

Metrics and Markets Continue to Climb Higher

Trade continued to dominate the news in recent weeks and cause market volatility as investors monitored discussions of the North Trade continued...

A Tax Bill Before the Holiday

As we headed into the long holiday weekend, the markets continued to climb as tax reform moved forward. For the...

consumer confidence

Markets March Ahead, Consumer Confidence Up

Last week, markets marched ahead within a busy reporting week. The Dow rose 1.16% to close Friday on another new high....

Will the Fed raise interest rates?

Will the Fed Increase Interest Rates?

On Wednesday, March 1, the three major domestic indexes all had their best performance in 2017 and reached record highs yet...