Capital Markets Outlook: Positioning Portfolios for 2019
Submitted by Townsend Asset Management Corp. on February 6th, 2019Market Volatility - Gerald's Interview with WRAL - October 23rd, 2018
Submitted by Townsend Asset Management Corp. on October 24th, 2018
Gerald discusses market volatility in interview on WRAL TV.
Stock Market Sectors - A Major Change
Submitted by Townsend Asset Management Corp. on October 5th, 2018
When discussing a particular company, we often talk about the general type of business they are in – financial, health care, technology, etc.
An Index is Not Forever: Changes in the Dow
Submitted by Townsend Asset Management Corp. on June 26th, 2018
The venerable Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) is the second-oldest U.S. market index after the Dow Jones Transportation Average. It was created in 1896 by Charles Dow, the editor of the Wall Street Journal and co-founder of Dow Jones & Co.
Jim Kniffen’s Current Market Assessment as of June 14, 2018
Submitted by Townsend Asset Management Corp. on June 14th, 2018
My current assessment:
Stock Market Drop - What Was That?
Submitted by Townsend Asset Management Corp. on February 8th, 2018In just two days, the U.S. stock market dropped about 8.5%, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average shedding about 1,800 points. Certainly, days like that can shake investors’ confidence in their investment strategies and
cause concern.
Jim Kniffen's Current Market Assessment as of January 22nd, 2018
Submitted by Townsend Asset Management Corp. on January 25th, 2018The US and international stock markets continue with an even stronger upward trend. 
This trend continues to enjoy support from economic growth and corporate earnings growth. The Trump administration’s new tax law is having a positive effect on man
Stock Market - Time to Celebrate or Plan the Funeral?
Submitted by Townsend Asset Management Corp. on August 8th, 2017
The Dow Jones Industrial Average recently topped 22,000, surging past its fourth 1,000-point milestone since the Presidential election. Now, you might think this would make the average investor very happy and perhaps overly aggressive, but it seems to be the opposite.
Dow Hits 20,000 – Does it Matter?
Submitted by Townsend Asset Management Corp. on February 3rd, 2017
After flirting with the 20,000 level for quite some time, the Dow Jones Industrial Average finally crossed that barrier recently. The Dow took almost 103 years to reach 10,000 in March 1999.
Investing for Retirement: What Would Warren Buffett Do?
Submitted by Townsend Asset Management Corp. on July 21st, 2016Caught in an extraordinary convergence of unhinged stock market volatility and historically low interest rates on savings, many people are rethinking their plans and their vision for the future,
especially as they consider the prospect of having to stretch their retireme
