4th Quarter and Full Year 2018 Market Summary

A long time ago, someone, somewhere bestowed upon stock investors that a Bear Market shall be defined as a 20% decline from the most recent market peak. Oh, and by the...

We love data at PrairieView. That may not come as a surprise to many of you.

We have many reasons for our love of data. Data helps bring certainty to an uncertain world. Data can quantify an expected outcome when...

3rd Quarter 2018 Market Summary

The Third Quarter of 2018 saw US Stocks reach new highs on multiple occasions with the S&P 500 returning 7.7% for the quarter and 18% over the last year. For those of you keeping...

What’s on Your Mind?

Can you remember a time in your school years when a teacher or professor suggested that if you have a question about a topic, you should ask because surely others have the same question? Based...

As the first decade of the 21st century came to a close, financial commentators across the news media were quick to coin what they felt was an apt description of the last 10 years for equity investors: The Lost...

First, the good news: $1,000 invested in the S&P 500 on the first trading day of 1945 would now be worth over $1,000,000. The bad news? As an investor, you would have had to endure thirteen bear markets, or about...

“A nickel ain’t worth a dime anymore.” – Yogi Berra

The famously quotable Yankee, whether intended or not at the time, aptly described the impact of inflation on the value of our money. In recent times when...