Santa Clarita Real Estate & Market Report: March 20, 2015 – There is a new name for Fed Chair Janet Yellen, it is Goldie Lox. The stock market absolutely loved the message Yellen and the FOMC delivered on Wednesday. The stock market has been planning for a Fed increase in rates possibly sooner than the anticipated June meeting. On Wednesday ...

Santa Clarita Real Estate & Market Report: March 13, 2015 – If you are having difficulty trying to get a read on what is happening in the stock market, you are not alone. The stock market which has been considered a “Bull” market for quite some time, are we in for a possible correction. (A correction is known as a ...

By: Arif Halaby Individual Retirement Accounts (IRA) have been around for years. The purpose has always been to save a little extra for your future retirement years.  Since the maximum limits have always been low, the government has never expected that this be an account that necessarily grows to millions of dollars. No Changes for IRA In 2015, the IRA ...

Santa Clarita Real Estate & Market Report: February 06, 2015: What is fueling the stock market this week that has it rallying 710 points over the last 4 days? Oil prices and quarterly earnings are big drivers for the week.  Oil prices have rebounded this week from the free fall we have been seeing in recent times. Rapidly falling oil ...

By: Fred Arnold Santa Clarita Real Estate & Market Report: November 21, 2014: The stock market may have traded in a narrow range of 100 points for the week, but that does not mean there was a lack of economic data available for investors to grab onto. For the housing market, a few major reports were released of which some ...

By: Arif Halaby | Total Financial Solutions When we think of retiring, it often conjures up images of sitting on a porch, maybe in a rocking chair or a chair swing.  Maybe for some, it is a day of sleeping in then drinking their tea or coffee by a fireplace. We think this gives us a sense of achievement or ...

What a difference a week makes. After the market craziness last week, the stock market has been once again launching to the stars. Through Thursday, the market is up 432 points. The market rose 221 points on the latest positive economic data on the economy on Thursday. Prior to the market open on Friday, Dow Futures are up over 150 ...

By: Fred Arnold Santa Clarita Real Estate & Market Report: If you watched or listened to any news this week regarding the stock market, that is exactly what it sounded or looked like judging by trading behavior.  One minute the stock market is down over 400 points, only to come back 300 points. Then go up again. Today up over ...

By: Arif Halaby | Total Financial Solutions When selecting the correct type life insurance policy for your family, people often forget about these three things. “Why am I buying Life Insurance?” Life Insurance is commonly used to help your family replace your income, pay off a house or pay off a large tax bill. Insurance has many other uses including ...

By: Fred Arnold This morning, the September payrolls and unemployment results were announced. Nonfarm Payrolls were expected at 215k (after only being up 142k last month) and came out at 248k with a back-month revision to 180k. The Unemployment Rate, expected to be unchanged at 6.1%, came in at 5.9% (the lowest since July 2008), and Hourly Earnings were roughly ...