Posts Tagged ‘Dennis Tubbergen’
Your Portfolio Watch Weekly Update – January 6, 2020
Weekly Market Update by Retirement Lifestyle Advocates Stocks were down slightly last week but finished the year much higher. The Dow Jones Industrial Average ended calendar year 2019 with a gain of 25.3%. The Standard and Poor’s 500 bested the return of the Dow, concluding the year with an annual return of 30.43%. All-in-all, it…
Click Here for More2020-01-05 Retirement Lifestyle Advocates Radio w/ Host Dennis Tubbergen
Are you familiar with the Secure Act? It had overwhelming bipartisan support in both houses of Congress, was signed into law on December 20, 2019, and affects your IRA and 401(k). Also, why are so many young people attracted to socialism today? Your host of the Retirement Lifestyle Radio Show, Dennis Tubbergen, discusses the Secure…
Click Here for MoreYour Portfolio Watch Weekly Update – December 30, 2019
Weekly Market Update by Retirement Lifestyle Advocates The traditional “Santa” rally dictated market performance last week across the board. The Dow Jones Industrial Average and the Standard and Poor’s 500 both advanced. Gold and silver had big gains for the week, climbing 2.19% and 3.12% respectively. Of the markets we track here in “Portfolio Watch”…
Click Here for MoreYour Portfolio Watch Weekly Update – December 23, 2019
All the markets that we track here in “Portfolio Watch” here each week were higher last week with the exception of the US Government Long Bond. As noted in the databox above, the yield on the 30-Year US Treasury rose to 2.34%. Stocks rallied strongly last week as is often the case this time of…
Click Here for More2019-12-22 Retirement Lifestyle Advocates Radio w/ Host Dennis Tubbergen
Are there signs of trouble in the banking world? Is the Federal Reserve is once again facilitating very risking investments? This week on Retirement Lifestyle Advocates Radio you host Dennis Tubbergen talks with frequent guest Karl Denninger about the current state of banking and to the surprise of many, positive results that tariffs are having…
Click Here for MoreYour Portfolio Watch Weekly Update – December 16, 2019
Weekly Market Update by Retirement Lifestyle Advocates All the markets that we track here in “Portfolio Watch” here each week were higher last week except for the US Dollar, which fell .82% when measured against the currencies of the major trading partners of the United States. After a bit of a pullback, it seems that…
Click Here for MoreYour Portfolio Watch Weekly Update – December 9, 2019
Weekly Market Update by Retirement Lifestyle Advocates Stocks were mixed last week and did not move much. The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell nominally as the Standard and Poor’s 500 rose slightly. Metals declined, as did US Treasuries. All-in-all, not a very eventful week for financial markets. The US Dollar Index was up, meaning the…
Click Here for More2019-12-08 Retirement Lifestyle Advocates Radio w/ Host Dennis Tubbergen
Did you know that the Federal Reserve Bank, the central bank of the United States, is not part of the U.S. Government? While the Board of Governors is an independent government agency, the Federal Reserve Banks are set up like private corporations. This week on Retirement Lifestyle Advocates Radio, your host Dennis Tubbergen is joined…
Click Here for MoreYour Portfolio Watch Weekly Update – December 2, 2019
Weekly Market Update by Retirement Lifestyle Advocates All-in-all markets were up last week. Stocks, as measured by the Standard and Poor’s 500 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average were up. Both gold and silver were up about .25% while US Treasuries were flat. The Morgan Stanley Diversified Select Index was a bit higher while the…
Click Here for MoreYour Portfolio Watch Weekly Update – November 25, 2019
Weekly Market Update by Retirement Lifestyle Advocates Not much movement in markets last week. The Dow Jones Industrial Average declined .46% as did the gold price per ounce. That left the Dow to Gold ratio unchanged. Silver rallied ever-so-slightly while the biggest moving asset among those we track was US Government Bonds. The yield on…
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