#1,479 Stock mixed at ATH but dow struggling

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As we know, the markets have continued to be ne- near all-time highs.

We've been struggling over the past, mm, we'll say month or two on the market.

Hasn't done a whole lot, but still at all-time highs.

And people are feeling pretty good about those retirements.

But we all know that everybody is feeling, "I'm feeling good," but it's just not enough.

So they're looking for strategies to continue to build those, but also protect those in any direction, especially with the S&P five hundred around that seven thousand six hundred and fifty area, which has been here for the last couple months.

So i- is it bringing more volatility in? Well, if you look at the, the VIX, which is your volatility gauge, it's down from the high that it was at in, in March.

But then again, it's c- creeping up there again right around the sixteen ninety-three mark d- uh, at the time of the r- recording of the show here.

So we're seeing some increased volatility, which brings more angst to the markets.

You also have the, the NASDAQ right around thirty thousand three hundred and seventy, the Dow Jones right around fifty thousand eight hundred and sixty.

So we're seeing, uh, the Dow Jones really, really struggling over the past since, we'll call it the beginning of August.

The Dow Jones is actually down about seven percent.

The NASDAQ is at all-- those all-time highs, so they're not really correlating.

So it's, it's bringing a little more confusion to investors, and that's what a lot of people that have been coming to these investing and trading workshops have been asking is, "What's going on with this market? How do you navigate through the market? Is there strategies designed for up markets?" Well, we all know that.

"Are there strategies designed for down markets?" Well, yes, folks, there are.

And that's why it's important to have that strategy with rules, steps in there with-- in place, but also understand how the market actually works and what drives these markets.

As we know, the, the ten-year Treasury yield is around five point three percent.

Um, that was actually on Thursday.

So we're seeing the highest levels since I think it was 2002.

So that's a pretty interesting, uh, fun fact of the day.

The Fed raised its benchmark target to, uh, the th- three point seven five to four percent on, uh, September sixteenth, which they cited because of inflation.