Market Summary
August 2015
July saw a slight uptick in the major U.S. market indices, but the Dow remains in negative territory for the year.

Overseas, emerging markets were hammered over 5% after the Chinese market's collapse.

In Europe, Greece finally realized their chips were all used up and agreed to a bailout deal. This happened only one week after a referendum showed a whopping 60% majority voted against Germany and the ECB's bailout terms. As we had previously mentioned, in our opinion, it was all posturing for political purposes--in the end Greece would have no option but to agree to the terms.

The next few months will have us on alert. August through October is typically treacherous, with most of the market's largest downturns happening (much like last year) in October.  Already, as we start August, we are seeing the Chinese begin to devalue their currency, which has rattled world markets.  A devalued currency against our dollar would make Chinese goods cheaper to export as opposed to our exports, which are already more expensive due to our stronger dollar. This has already resulted in a slowdown in revenue for many companies that do business overseas, including the media darling Apple, which had a good earnings report, but has been down on the news that their Chinese sales are declining.
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Market Summary Continued
The other thing we will be keeping an eye on is the Fed. The Fed has been signaling a raise in interest rates for almost two years now, but has not taken action. Many were thinking September, and while it could still happen, it does not appear to be the case. Now, with China's "currency war," it may limit the ability of the Fed to make a move this year at all. Some argue that to strengthen our dollar more, while China is debasing theirs, could hurt our already fragile economy drastically. Therefore, it will be interesting to see what the Fed signals in its coming meetings.

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