Archive for the ‘Consumer Confidence’ Category

Office vacancies in the U.S. dropped for the first time in more than three years in the most recent quarter and rents climbed, signaling the market is beginning a recovery as the economy improves. The national vacancy rate fell to 17.5 percent in the first quarter from 17.6 percent in the previous three months, Reis [...]


Market Update

15Apr10

I wanted to send along a brief update, and a few thoughts about where the financial markets are today. When I was on KOIN TV back in October, they asked me where I thought the market would be at year-end. I said we would see 10,000 on the DOW by December 31st; it closed the [...]


Hello Everybody, I wanted to update you on the transition of our 401(k) provider. After several meetings with Ron Sloy and Michael Tudor of Sloy, Dahl, Holst Inc., my partners and I have decided to move the company’s 401(k) benefit program from American Northwest Advisors to Sloy, Dahl, Holst Inc. There are some significant advantages [...]


Ron Sloy provides detailed financial analysis about the future of the Stock Market during a local KOIN TV segment titled “Market Outlook”. Ron Sloy, of Sloy, Dahl and Holst, Inc., is a Certified Financial Planner located in Portland, OR.


With the Consumer Confidence Index (CCI) setting all time lows in January, at 37.7, and February at an astonishing level of 25.0 (1985 = 100), it will be very interesting to see where we stand when the latest reports are posted on March 31st. We’ve talked a lot about investor behavior, the driving factors of [...]


As everyone knows, 2008 was a very tough year and there was really no place to hide, especially in the 4th quarter. Our client’s accounts were down, just like everyone else’s, but down less than most because of the diversification and guidance we provide within our risk-based models. It is our job to implement and [...]


One thing I know for certain is that by nature, on the whole, people are poor investors. We are driven by fear and greed, and by the good or bad news we’re inundated with on a daily basis. This clouds the vision necessary to stay the course and makes it very difficult to keep a [...]



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