FOMC Minutes By: Fred Arnold | American Family Funding Why should the Fed be any different than the rest of the United States Government? Everyone already knows that Congress could not be more divided. Well…the Fed appears to be divided as well. The latest FOMC Minutes show that many policy makers want the Fed to start unwinding the Fed’s balance ...

Case-Shiller’s Home Price Index In recent weeks, I have been mentioning how the Summer and Fall housing markets are being predicted, by some experts, to be far above average. We should hope they are correct on account that the early Spring market was a rather large disappointment. The latest Case-Shiller’s home price index increased by a rather small 0.3 percent ...

I remember a time that the stock market would go wild in the days leading up to a Fed announcement about interest rates. By: Fred Arnold | American Family Funding This week at the FOMC meeting, the Fed raised interest rates by ¼ percent. The announcement came out on Wednesday afternoon at 3:15PM, and investors reacted with little more than ...

The stock market could not be flatter through the first four trading days of the week. By: Fred Arnold | American Family Funding The Dow began the week at 21,183, and closed at 21,182 yesterday. There have been some momentary jumps up and down during the week, but overall, investors seem to be sitting on the sidelines watching and waiting. ...

Home prices continue to move higher and are starting to play a bigger role in the current economy. Fred Arnold | American Family Funding The most recent Case-Shiller’s adjusted 20-city index for the month of May jumped 0.9 percent. This is slightly higher than expectations and continues to point to positive momentum for the housing market. The big news in ...

It has been a while since you have heard me make a reference how the more we hear about something, the more “numb” we become to it. By: Fred Arnold | American Family Funding Despite the on-going investigation into President Trump and the election, despite the terror attack in Manchester, despite that there has been little economic news that traders ...

Another week, and once again uneventful events happening on Wall Street. By: Fred Arnold | American Family Funding The Dow Jones Industrial Average traded within 100 points plus or minus almost the entire week. The biggest news for the week was the ability for Congress to pass the spending bill and avoid a government shutdown. Other than this agreement, it ...

Housing data dominated the market data being released. By: Fred Arnold | American Family Funding Tuesday launched the housing news with the Federal Housing Finance Agency report on home prices. For the month of February, home prices increased 0.8 percent. This was double the amount the majority of analysts predicted. Adding to the positive news, January’s numbers were revised from ...

Trump euphoria certainly appears to have ended in the minds and hearts of investors. By: Fred Arnold The stock market finished the week down once again by a total of 223 points.Markets are closed on Friday in observance of Good Friday. The challenge to the market is that with each passing week, it appears that President Trump will continue to ...

The markets have been somewhat in a holding pattern as investors await next weeks Fed decision on interest rates. By: Fred Arnold Although, more than 70% of analysts interviewed believe that the Fed will raise rates, investors appear to be waiting for the announcement before making any major changes in their finance strategies. Don’t miss a thing. Get breaking KHTS Santa ...