by David Dirks | Jan 10, 2018 | Market Commentary
Plum Street Advisors Q4 2017 Market Commentary – January 3, 2018 The markets anticipated and then celebrated the passage of a business-friendly US tax cut during the fourth quarter. On December 20th, Congress passed a bill that dramatically cut corporate tax...
by David Dirks | Jan 10, 2018 | Quarterly Chartbooks
You can download our comprehensive market review in charts and tables from the link below. Topics covered include: Q4 2017 Market Charts TABLE OF CONTENTS: Market Summary World Stock Market Performance World Asset Classes US Stocks International Developed Stocks...
by David Dirks | Oct 31, 2017 | Articles & White Papers
At Plum Street Advisors we seek to build portfolios that will have not just strong returns, but strong returns for the amount of risk being taken. This focus on both risk and return is one of the reasons we hold an allocation to gold in our portfolios. While our...
by David Dirks | Oct 31, 2017 | Market Commentary
October 3, 2017 The third quarter marked the eighth quarterly increase in a row for the S&P 500. Volatility continues to be extremely low as markets tick up quarter after quarter. The third quarter finished strongly as the US Congress finally turned its...
by David Dirks | Aug 12, 2017 | Articles & White Papers
At Plum Street Advisors, we maintain certain exposures (or “tilts”) in the portfolios we manage. For example, we maintain a tilt towards small cap stocks that is greater than their market capitalization would suggest, because in the long run, small cap tends to have...
