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Keep Your Financial Focus Fixed!

As a result of the recent market reports, are you tempted to take your focus off the...

Alphavest Quarterly Newsletter: Q2 2019 Double-Digits and Yield Curve Inversion; Time to Worry?

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

Data Drives More Growth

Another week, another round of positive market performance. The 3 major domestic indexes again ended the week with gains and new...

Nasdaq hits high

Stocks Mixed, Fed Changes Policy

Domestic indexes were mixed last week, as the Dow gained 0.36%, the S&P 500 eked out a 0.08% increase, and the...

retail sales drop

Mixed Markets Continue; Interest Rates Rise

Markets remained mixed last week as the Dow closed at another record high, while the NASDAQ fell and the S&P 500...

Economy

Mixed Markets. Mixed News.

Markets last week were mixed with leading tech stocks falling dramatically as some investors pulled profits. The NASDAQ took the biggest...

Job growth

Stocks Advance, Economy Softens

Last week, the S&P 500, Dow, and NASDAQ closed at all-time record highs. The S&P 500 rose 0.96%, the Dow gained...

Stock markets slide

Stocks Slip for Second Week

Last week, major indexes experienced losses for the second week in a row, with the S&P 500 falling 1.21%, the Dow...

Interest Rate Chart

Fed Raises Interest Rates Again

For the fifth time in six weeks, domestic stock indexes ended last week in positive territory. The S&P 500 gained 0.24%,...

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...