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For those of you away from TV, radio, and internet today, China roiled the markets overnight and sent US equities on a wild ride.  China finished down nearly 9% and Europe and the rest of Asia followed suit.  The major US indices opened up down nearly 6% before staging a bit of a rally later in the morning and into the early afternoon before weakness set in again.  The US markets ended the day down almost 4% from Friday's close.  It was a wild ride to be sure and it is not often that you see the Dow shed 1,000 points!  What does all this mean?  As we have been discussing, the markets have been weak and were a catalyst away from a more meaningful correction.  China may well be the catalyst that leads the market lower in the short-term.  While the market pared their losses during the day, we don't believe the selling is over.  It is likely that an oversold rally will develop over the next few days but investors should take the opportunity to liquidate weak positions rather than buy new ones.  We will have much more in our Friday newsletter but wanted to provide a quick update.  

 

How did we do today?   Our portfolio's have been largely in cash for the last couple of weeks. Our conservative portfolio was down .015% and our aggressive portfolio was down .05%.  Our moderate portfolio was entirely in cash and was flat for the day.  We will be watching carefully and will be looking to get back in the market when the dust settles.  For now, we are very comfortable to be sitting in a mostly cash posture.  Please feel free to call Sam or I with any questions or concerns.  

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