A blog post by Daniel Snover April is Financial Literacy Month and a great time to bring awareness to your financial well-being. Many of us wait until major life events like buying a house, changing jobs, or even nearing retirement to begin thinking about financial commitments, but it takes time and conscientious planning to attain… Read the full article.
Below is a snapshot of last week’s market performance and what to watch in the weeks ahead from Chadd Mason, Cabana CEO and co-founder. Earnings season has kicked off, and 79% of companies reporting have beaten estimates. Financials are leading so far. The Financial Select SPDR® (XLF) had a big up day on Friday, in… Read the full article.
Below is a snapshot of last week’s market performance and what to watch in the weeks ahead from Chadd Mason, Cabana CEO and co-founder. U.S. stock markets continue to climb the “wall of worry”. It has been two steps forward and one step back over the past month. This is exactly what we want to… Read the full article.
Below is a snapshot of last week’s market performance and what to watch in the weeks ahead from Chadd Mason, Cabana CEO and co-founder. Last week culminated a great quarter for investors. As bad as the fourth quarter of 2018 was, the first quarter of 2019 was almost as good. This was true for all… Read the full article.
By Mariam Bartlettt The amount of financial jargon used by financial advisors, especially in the retirement plan space, can become overwhelming and intimidating very quickly. If you can relate to this, you are not alone. The general public, according to a recent Empower Retirement survey, often misunderstands words that are commonly used by financial providers, employers… Read the full article.
Below is a snapshot of last week’s market performance and what to watch in the weeks ahead from Chadd Mason, Cabana CEO and co-founder. Last week, in response to comments by Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell, volatility returned to stock markets around the world. He stated on Wednesday that growth prospects had diminished globally and… Read the full article.
Below is a snapshot of last week’s market performance and what to watch in the weeks ahead from Chadd Mason, Cabana CEO and co-founder. Last week we commented on the back-filling and testing of the 200-day moving average in the S&P 500 (SPY). We saw investors step in and buy at the end of the… Read the full article.
Below is a snapshot of last week’s market performance and what to watch in the weeks ahead from Chadd Mason, Cabana CEO and co-founder. Last week I noted that broad equity markets were struggling to overcome technical resistance. Most notably, this occurred at the $280 price level with the S&P 500 (SPY). At the same… Read the full article.
In honor of International Women’s Day, we’re taking a moment to thank a few of the women who have impacted us most. You are nothing short of incredible and we have loved growing with and learning from you every step of the way. Cheers to you – today and every day! Belle Shaff “The woman… Read the full article.
Managing risk is one of the fundamentals of investing. At Cabana, we have a systems-based approach to managing risk within our portfolios. We believe that the risk of a particular asset class is inherently correlated with where we are in the economic cycle. In other words, there are certain periods within the repeating cycle when… Read the full article.
Below is a snapshot of last week’s market performance and what to watch in the weeks ahead from Chadd Mason, Cabana CEO and co-founder. Last week markets began to tread water after a remarkable recovery off the bottom, which occurred on December 24. Broad U.S. indexes are up more than 10% since that time. During… Read the full article.
Below is a snapshot of last week’s market performance and what to watch in the weeks ahead from Chadd Mason, Cabana CEO and co-founder. U.S. and international equity markets posted another strong week last week. We saw huge moves up in commodities, especially copper. Copper is considered a great indicator of the health of the… Read the full article.
Below is a snapshot of last week’s market performance and what to watch in the weeks ahead from Chadd Mason, Cabana CEO and co-founder. U.S. equity markets closed out last week in strong fashion. The Dow, S&P 500 and Nasdaq have all reclaimed their 200-day moving averages. With that, there can be no denying the… Read the full article.
Below is a snapshot of last week’s market performance and what to watch in the weeks ahead from Chadd Mason, Cabana CEO and co-founder. We have pointed out in recent comments that U.S. equity markets are at a critical juncture following the January rebound. All major indexes are hovering right at the 200-day moving average…. Read the full article.
Did you know you can receive a tax credit just for participating in your employer-sponsored retirement plan? Most people don’t! In fact, only 1 in 8 who are eligible actually take advantage of it. If you contributed to your company’s 401(k) or 403(b) plan in 2018, you could be eligible. If you qualify, you may… Read the full article.
Below is a snapshot of last week’s market performance and what to watch in the weeks ahead from Chadd Mason, Cabana CEO and co-founder. U.S. and international equity markets closed out January up more than 5% for the month. The rebound from the December 24th low is now close to 10%. Sharp rallies from oversold… Read the full article.
It is with great excitement that in 2018 we expanded our list of services to include group retirement plan consulting and fiduciary investment management through Cabana, LLC d/b/a Cabana Retirement Solutions (“CRS”). Our holistic retirement plan consulting approach will help organizations that offer and manage retirement plans for their employees by providing fiduciary guidance and… Read the full article.
Below is a snapshot of last week’s market performance and what to watch in the weeks ahead from Chadd Mason, Cabana CEO and co-founder. Over the past week, we saw equity markets churn right in the middle of a huge area of overhead resistance. This is to be expected given the bounce we saw off… Read the full article.
Below is a snapshot of last week’s market performance and what to watch in the weeks ahead from Chadd Mason, Cabana CEO and co-founder. Equity markets continue to rebound from the December 24th low. The S&P 500 (SPY) has recouped more than half of its December losses. The index stands 5% below the December 1… Read the full article.