
DOUGHERTY DISPATCH: FIRST HALF 2025 REVIEW
What a year! And we’re only halfway through. In this mid-year dispatch, we are expanding our report to include a summary status of many of

What a year! And we’re only halfway through. In this mid-year dispatch, we are expanding our report to include a summary status of many of

It’s just been a few weeks since our last dispatch, but these times of turmoil call for a quick update on the financial markets, given

President Trump’s Liberation Day on April 2nd was not very liberating for investors. On April 3rd, the S&P stock index dropped a whopping 5% and

We know several people that suffer from FOMO. The disease comes with high anxiety, restlessness, and it occurs mostly in men. No, we’re not talking

Well not quite. Stocks climbed 6.2% in January – second best January since 1990 – as a result of good inflation and Fed news, but

Good Riddance to 2022 ! The number 2022 has three twos in it, but you might think that with what happened last year it had

For a record seventh time this year, the Federal Reserve has raised rates, this month 0.5%. The chairman of the Fed also indicated they may

What a year! In just the last 34 days the stock market has risen 12%. But the 56 days prior to that the market dropped

With the recent increase in interest rates by the Federal Reserve, bank CD rates have risen dramatically. CDs just a few months ago offering less

Today, inflation data came out this morning and it was a bit higher than “experts” anticipated. They were expecting prices to hike 8.0% over last