Many people classified yesterday as a “tough day for the markets”, but if you follow market trends it looks a lot like your typical August. The Feds cut interest rates for the first time in more than a decade with the 10 year treasury sinking to pre-Trump numbers. The end result: the most extreme inverted yield curve since 2008. Other topics include:

While the S&P 500 is up since January it is flat for the last 12 months -What are corporate earnings telling us? Protecting yourself from port-out scams where you lose your cell phone number Protecting your passwords and using 2 factor authentication My favorite retirement allocation

 

 

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