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NWK Group Named to List of Nation’s Top DC Advisor Teams
NWK Group Named to List of Nation’s Top DC Advisor Teams ARLINGTON, VA — NWK Group has been named to the National Association of Plan Advisors’ list of the nation’s top defined contribution (DC) Advisor Teams...
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We are honored to be named on NAPA's Top DC Advisor Teams for 2021!
Read MoreMarket Update - May 2019
Following a tumultuous close to 2018, US stocks rallied sharply in Q1 as the S&P 500 Index gained 13.6%. This is the biggest quarterly gain since 2009 and its best start to a year since 1998, which followed the biggest quarterly...
Read MoreMarket Update - January 2019
After a strong finish in the third quarter, stocks suffered their biggest quarterly decline since 2011 to end the year. The S&P 500 Index fell 13.97% with energy being the worst performing sector, falling nearly 25% as WTI crude oil...
Read MoreMarket Update - November 2018
I hope you are having a great Thanksgiving week! I wanted to take this time to address the stock market correction we have been experiencing since the end of the third quarter. Up to that point, growth stocks were significantly...
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2018 Q2 Review & Outlook
Review After the first losing quarter since Q3 2015, US stocks as measured by the S&P 500, regained momentum with a 3.43% return in the Q2 2018, leading to a year to date return of 2.65%. Continued US economic expansion and robust...
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Review In meetings with clients and investors, I’m frequently asked if and when stocks are going to fall. Even though the stock market is making new highs, the level of investor confidence is not near the levels seen during the...
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Review The beginning of 2017 saw the stock market continue to ride strong momentum following the presidential election. The first quarter started off with high expectations that the incoming Trump administration would deliver on his...
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Much like the June BREXIT vote in England, conventional wisdom, the media, pollsters and the markets were wrong about the outcome of the U.S. Presidential and Congressional elections. Late on election night, when it became clear that...
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Brexit- Should I stay or should I go? 2016 Q2 Review & Outlook In 2016 the market has shown it is not without inspiration. The first quarter played host to a myriad of concerns, mainly energy weakness and the Federal Reserve’s...
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2016 Quarter 1 A Round Trip Market Market Backdrop Stocks fluctuated widely in the first quarter but ended essentially where they began. In the first two weeks of the quarter the S&P 500 lost about 9% and by its low point on February...
Read MoreSeptember 2015
Despite news that interest rates would not be increased in September, the stock market endured a significant sell-off by week's end, presumably in response to the Federal Reserve's report that the economy isn't strong enough to warrant...
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While the markets may have put the Greek saga behind us in July, or further down the road so to speak, China has moved to center stage. The U.S. stock market has stayed in a narrow range for much of 2015, but volatility has returned...
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