By: Fred Arnold Some thought to ponder… A good smile is magic pill that can make you feel good in every circumstances of life Life is the only game where the object of the game is to figure out what the rules are The first great gift we can bestow on others is a good example You’re not as young ...

Come join us at American Family Funding for a VIA Networking Event on Thursday, April 21stfrom 5:30- 7:30 PM. We are featuring beers and wines throughout the world along with a taco truck! It will be a great networking event, the cost is $25 for Non-Members but I would like to extend a ticket to you, free of charge. Please ...

The stock market continues to rise and there seems to be little headwind now to slow it down. Employment continues to remain strong and inflation is virtually non-existent. The pleasurable thing about the current market rally is that it has not been accompanied by major swings in the indices. The Dow is up just over 160 points for the first ...

Real Estate & Market Report: March 25, 2016 – The stock market craziness has calmed down and investors seem to have taken a little bit of a breather. Through the first four trading days of the week, the markets have remained within a narrow range. Little major economic news domestically and internationally There has been little opportunity for investors to ...

Real Estate & Market Report: March 18, 2016 – What a difference a few weeks makes. The Dow Jones Industrial Average has recouped the over 2000-point loss from late last year. Oil prices are now at $40.00 a barrel and rising. This is what is primarily fueling the stock recovery. Just a short time ago, everyone was expecting the Fed ...

Real Estate & Market Report: March 11, 2016 – With a lack of economic data this week, both domestically and internationally, there has been little for the stock market to act upon. The week has seen the market trading in a fairly narrow margin which has given investors a little bit of a breather. Of course movements in the market ...

The best news of the week is that if you have any investments in the stock market, you have likely seen a significant recovery of the money you have lost in the last couple of months. For the last two weeks the stock market has been moving higher and most of the losses from earlier in the month have been ...

Never before in the history of writing my weekly commentary have I referenced that the Energy Information Agency Petroleum Status Report. I guess there is a first time for everything. Every week this report provides the status of petroleum reserves in the United States. We never pay much attention to it. However, the last three weeks it has been a ...

Real Estate & Market Report: January 22, 2016 – Many on Wall Street are hopeful that the slide in oil prices has stopped. The stock market has lost over 1500 points since the start of the year. This is the worst start in history for the market. The Dow, after being down all week was up Thursday and has been ...

Real Estate & Market Report: January 15, 2016: This morning I looked at a chart of the stock market for the first four days of this week, and began to imagine that I was looking at a roller coaster ride. If this ride was in an amusement park it would make almost every rider crazy with excitement. However, looking at ...