Good Afternoon, We hope this email finds you and your family safe and healthy. As we wrap up the first half of this historic year, it was nice to see Quarter 2 end on a positive note. This week, we saw the Dow Jones and S&P 500 have the best quarter in more than 20
Second Wave Summer officially started this past week. Experts will debate the exact start of summer because it can depend on the moon’s positioning. I figured summer started this week because the garden in my backyard is exploding. I have taken to gardening the past few years. Like many others, I spend a considerable
Good Afternoon Valued Clients, Friends, and Family, Summer is officially here, and it is hard to believe that we are half-way through the year. Although many would like to forget 2020, it is a year that will no doubt be recorded in the textbooks. This week, even amid rising coronavirus cases, hope continues to
The Consumer Comeback The month of May has turned out to be a month of unexpected news for the U.S. economy, and it’s not the bad kind of unexpected news. A couple weeks ago we received data reflecting a turning point in the unemployment figures as quarantine restrictions eased across the nation. While a
Good Afternoon, As the roller coaster ride of 2020 continues, this week began with positive signs of economic recovery. Retail chains, such as Nordstrom, Best Buy, Macy's and Gap, have recently opened their doors to the public, after being closed for several months due to the coronavirus pandemic. Home buying activity in the U.S.
Misclassification Summer is quickly approaching Southern California. As many of you have felt in the past few days, it’s getting hot. I live in south Orange County and it was almost 100 degrees in my neighborhood this week. My air conditioning has been running non-stop. With two children and wife at home all day,
Good Afternoon, All of us here at Apriem Advisors hope you and your family are doing well and staying healthy as we continue to fight COVID-19. I thought I would share the latest update as California and the country are continuing to move into the later phases of reopening. In the chart below is
Sowing the Seed Pandemics, riots, looting, extreme partisanship, this truly is a period unlike any other. It’s hard to remember the last time our country was faced with so many challenges at once. In many ways this situation is unprecedented, but in many ways its not. For instance, did you know that in 1968
Dear Valued Clients, Friends, and Family, It has been a tumultuous week for our country. We continue to fight the pandemic and now are faced with civil unrest not only in our nation but all around the world. As we were beginning to see the light at the end of the tunnel with the
Volatility: In the Eye of the Beholder Wall Street always likes to use fancy terms and phrases to complicate things. Liquidity, volatility and standard deviation just to name a few. Many of us know their technical definitions, but what do those terms really mean? Let’s start with volatility, one of the most overused phrases
