Description

This Session will include:
• Historical market perspectives and how to interpret the current trends
• Why the long term charts can distort the risk involved in market averages
• Learn what makes up the major US indexes and learn the difference between the S&P 500, the Dow Jones Industrial Average, and the Nasdaq
• Why the P&E—also known as the Price to Earnings Ratio—is so reliable in predicting future stock market values
• How interest rates affect the stock market
• How Quantitative Easing (QE) and the COVID stimulus spending packages helped foster the biggest market bubble in 200 years
• How does the Federal Reserve Board affect the stock market
• Stock market indexing strategies: The good , the bad, and the ugly
• An explanation of the Thrift Savings Program (TSP) stock and bond indexes