T his Week from Jesse Hurst
Jesse W. Hurst, II
CFP® CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER™
AIF ® ACCREDITED INVESTMENT FIDUCIARY

When Life Happens

 
I have served as the co-chairperson for our broker-dealer, Cetera Advisors, Events and Education Committee for a number of years. I am blessed to work with a group of passionate advisors and home office personnel, including co-chair Elisa Del Valle, in trying to help create meaning for education and networking opportunities for the nearly 1,500 licensed advisors within our group.
           
Cetera owns a total of six broker-dealers. Altogether, this encompasses nearly 8,000 financial advisors across the country. We recently hosted our first combined national education conference, Connect, in San Antonio in late August. It was an honor to be selected as one of the 12 committee members who helped give advice and input on the structure and content of this event. From all accounts, it was an incredibly well received and energizing experience for all those in attendance.
 
In addition, I was asked to facilitate and lead a session on helping clients through life transitions, entitled "When Life Happens" with my good friends Clint Gault and Joe Sullivan. They are both skilled and passionate speakers and presenters. Together we shared financial planning advice and best practices with a standing room only crowd of over 100 advisors and staff. We have been asked to repeat the session at a peer to peer best practices conference in Houston in January.
 
Additionally, I was able to spend time with the leadership of the broker-dealer and our new ownership team Genstar at the President's Advisory Council. There are currently 12 of us that have been selected to serve on that committee for the benefit of our peers. After getting the opportunity to connect with clients in Austin earlier in the week, it was great getting to spend the rest of the week in San Antonio, learning and sharing together. These are important opportunities for us as we strive to be the best we can to help our clients "Move Life Forward" together.


Jesse
 
                                         The Cetera Advisors President's Advisory Council

                                              Onstage, speaking at the Connect Conference

 
Weekly Market Commentary
September 17, 2018
 


The Markets
  
All investors are consumers, but not all consumers are investors.
 
The September installment of University of Michigan's Consumer Sentiment Survey reported Americans are feeling pretty optimistic. Consumer sentiment rose to the second highest level since 2004, and consumer expectations reached the highest level since 2004. Surveys of Consumers chief economist, Richard Curtin, wrote:1
 
"Consumers anticipated continued growth in the economy that would produce more jobs and an even lower unemployment rate during the year ahead...The largest problem cited on the economic horizon involved the anticipated negative impact from tariffs. Concerns about the negative impact of tariffs on the domestic economy were spontaneously mentioned by nearly one-third of all consumers in the past three months, up from one-in-five in the prior four months."
 
Investors weren't as optimistic, according to the American Association of Individual Investors (AAII). Last week, the AAII Investor Sentiment Survey reported bullish sentiment dropped more than 10 percentage points. The results were:2
 
  • Bullish            32.1 percent of respondents (historic average: 38.5 percent)
  • Neutral            35.1 percent of respondents (historic average: 31.0 percent)
  • Bearish            32.8 percent of respondents (historic average: 30.5 percent)
 
Despite the apparent shift in investor attitudes, stock markets moved higher last week. Vito J. Racanelli of Barron's wrote:3
 
"The stock market radiated confidence this past week, finishing about 1 percent higher despite choppy action. There was a plethora of good economic news - from lower-than-expected inflation to sky-high business and consumer confidence numbers - that drove shares up. Not even a ratcheting up of tough tariff talk Friday on the part of the U.S. could dampen investor enthusiasm for long."
 
Some believe the AAII Sentiment Survey is a contrarian indicator.4 Last week, that may have been the case.
 

Data as of 9/14/18
1-Week
Y-T-D
1-Year
3-Year
5-Year
10-Year
Standard & Poor's 500 (Domestic Stocks)
1.2%
8.7%
16.4%
14.2%
11.3%
9.3%
Dow Jones Global ex-U.S.
1.4
-6.8
-2.3
5.9
1.8
2.1
10-year Treasury Note (Yield Only)
3.0
NA
2.2
2.2
2.9
3.5
Gold (per ounce)
0.3
-7.3
-9.3
2.9
-1.9
4.5
Bloomberg Commodity Index
-3.3
-6.5
-3.1
-2.4
-8.6
-7.1
DJ Equity All REIT Total Return Index
0.2
3.6
4.5
10.7
9.9
8.6
S&P 500, Dow Jones Global ex-US, Gold, Bloomberg Commodity Index returns exclude reinvested dividends (gold does not pay a dividend) and the three-, five-, and 10-year returns are annualized; the DJ Equity All REIT Total Return Index does include reinvested dividends and the three-, five-, and 10-year returns are annualized; and the 10-year Treasury Note is simply the yield at the close of the day on each of the historical time periods.
Sources: Yahoo! Finance, Barron's, djindexes.com, London Bullion Market Association.
Past performance is no guarantee of future results. Indices are unmanaged and cannot be invested into directly. N/A means not applicable.

 
Wordies Unite!
The Merriam Webster Dictionary added some new words during 2018. A favorite among fans of dictionaries is 'wordie,' which means 'word lover' and should not be confused with 'wordy,' which describes something with too many words. Dictionary newcomer 'TL;DR' (the new word that means 'too long; didn't read') could be used to describe a reader's response to something that's wordy.5, 6, 7
 
A few of the new additions are descriptions of dog breeds, including:
 
  • Chiweenie: a cross between a Chihuahua and a dachshund 8
  • Schnoodle: a cross between a schnauzer and a poodle 9
  • Yorkie-poo: a cross between a Yorkshire terrier and a poodle 10
 
A number of 'wanderworts' - words that have wandered from one language into another - also made the list. These include:5
 
  • Harissa: spicy North African chili paste
  • Kabocha: a type of Japanese pumpkin
  • Kombucha: a fermented, bubbly tea drink
 
Many of the new entries are abbreviated versions of longer words that have been part of our vocabulary for a long time. This may be the inevitable outcome in a society that adapts to the communication shorthand demanded by text, photo, and social media apps.11 See if you can guess the longer version of these new words:12
 
  • Adorbs
  • Avo
  • Bougie
  • Fave
  • Guac
  • Marg
  • Ribbie
  • Zuke
 
If you get stumped, give us a call.


Weekly Focus - Think About It

"Language is the road map of a culture. It tells you where its people come from and where they are going."                                                                                             
                                                                                                       --Rita Mae Brown, American author 13

                                                                                                                                                                   

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Jesse Hurst 
 
Impel Wealth Management 

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