INSIGHTS
The Beginning of the End?
By: Matt Garrott Saying the market hates uncertainty is cliché because uncertainty is the only constant in the market. Otherwise there would be no risk and returns would be miniscule. Lately, though, there have been three sources of outsized uncertainty: US/China trade, Brexit, and the Federal [...]
Skeptical Investing
By: Matt Garrott The S&P 500 is up over 20% through September 30th. Real estate is up almost 28%. Even the Barclays Aggregate Bond Index is up over 8%. Unemployment is incredibly low at 3.7% and wage growth is picking up. Inflation is tame at under [...]
The Biggest Risk as of August 2019
By: Matt Garrott Midway through August nearly every media outlet posted a RECESSION headline. Even the Cleveland Plain Dealer ran a front-page story. The yield curve had inverted (the yield on shorter maturity bonds was higher than longer maturities), leading some to jump to the conclusion [...]
Soylent Rate Cut
By: Matt Garrott With a trade war, the Fed’s rate cut, and election season ramping up (none of the challengers will say anything positive about the economy), you may be forgiven for thinking the investing environment is in shambles. However, even after the rough past week, [...]
Red Hot Stock Market
By: Matt Garrott The stock market is either red-hot, extremely average, or still in recovery depending on your perspective. Let’s torture the data until it tells us what we want to hear. The red-hot stock market The S&P 500 is up 18.5% and we’re only halfway [...]
RCDP Fundraiser
By: Chris Martin For the third year, Fairway Wealth Management had the privilege of sponsoring the RhizoKids Ohio annual fundraiser on May 11th, 2019 at St. Adalberts in Berea, Ohio. Rhizokids supporters enjoyed a dinner followed by an evening of raffles, horse races, and auctions. The [...]