Transcript: Easan Arulanantham: What is the VIX? You know, I keep hearing about it in the news, you know, people are always talking about the VIX, whenever there’s kind of like this turmoil in the market. What is it? Tom Vaughan: All right. So the VIX is a fear gauge. Okay? Let me show share
Transcript: Tom Vaughan: Hello, everybody, welcome to Tuesday, the S&P 500 had a great green shirt day today up almost two and a half percent. I saw three main catalysts for why today worked out so well. Number one is the market was stretched so far to the downside over the last couple of weeks,
Transcript: Easan Arulanantham: What is stagflation? Versus a recession? Tom Vaughan: Okay, start with recession, maybe it’s easier to kind of go. A recession is a contraction in the economy. And it’s defined by two quarters of gross domestic product so that they measure the overall economic growth under something called GDP gross domestic product.
Transcript: Easan Arulanantham: How long will the bear market last? Tom Vaughan: How long will the bear market last? Okay? This this actually came up in one of our client strategy session. So we, we found some information. And this is something I’ve talked about actually, over the over the, you know, this year, especially
Transcript: Tom Vaughan: I always like to start off the show with a summary of what I’ve seen happen in the stock market this week. And of course, this has been an unbelievable week altogether with what’s happened. The markets been very volatile, lots of things going on with inflation, the Federal Reserve and what
Transcript: Easan Arulanantham: Should I include hobbies that can be profitable in my retirement plan? So this person is going this question. It says, I love collecting baseball cards. And from time to time I sell these cards for a profit. And, you know, what should I do with this in my plan? And how
Transcript: Tom Vaughan: Hello, everybody, welcome to Thursday, the S&P 500 was down 3.25%. Today, unfortunately, a very familiar pattern. On the day that the Federal Reserve comes out and speaks, the market goes up. And then the next day after we’ve had a chance to really digest all the things that were said, the
Transcript: Tom Vaughan: Hello, everybody, welcome to Wednesday, the S&P 500 had a green shirt day today up one and a half percent. Today was the Federal Reserve meeting day, Chairman Powell came out, they announced that they’re raising rates three quarters of percent, the top line Fed Funds rates now one in three quarters,
Transcript: Easan Arulanantham: What are some strategies that you use to make sure that your portfolio is kind of defensive? In a sense when the market is kind of turning for the worse? Tom Vaughan: Yeah, that’s a good point, right? Because here we are, you know, coming back down looks like we might be
Transcript: Tom Vaughan: Hello, everybody, welcome to Tuesday, the S&P 500 was down point 4%. Today, today just seem like a sideways motion for the most part waiting for tomorrow’s big news, we get retail sales that come out. And but really the most important part will be the Federal Reserve, they’re gonna announce how