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#PositiveNews Since the great financial crises ended in June 2009, the U.S. economy has added 17,890,000 jobs. In today’s initial unemployment claims report,  218,000 workers filed for unemployment income, this is considerably lower than the >245,000 weekly filers at the beginning of the year.  And, the trend of folks claiming insurance benefits has been on

#August hasn’t been very hot for investors: since 1945, and 2000, the hashtag DJIA posted average price losses of -.26%, and -.79%, respectively and was down for the month 44% of the time. Since the ’09 bull market began the results have been uglier, -1.36% and down 5 out of 9 years.

How does your present situation compare to the average American household? Each housing unit comprises 2.5 people, 1.3 wage earners, and 1.9 vehicles. 62% of U.S. residents own their homes, with 44% of those homeowners 100% mortgage free. 38% of all households are renters. Females own 53% of all housing units, according to the BLS:

Market observers are sure to keep a close eye on the economy at large, specifically the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) growth rate, rightfully so. History has shown that economic growth, corporate profitability, and stock prices have paralleled rather nicely from an investors standpoint since the end of WWII, as illustrated in the following chart. In

Market observers are sure to keep a close eye on the economy at large, specifically the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) growth rate, rightfully so. History has shown that economic growth, corporate profitability, and stock prices have paralleled rather nicely from an investors standpoint since the end of WWII, as illustrated in the following chart. In