About Mark Scheffler

Mark’s commitment to objective, independent wealth management led him to establish The Appleton Group LLC in April of 2002. With over 26 years of experience in the financial services industry, Mark serves as portfolio manager for our private client group, and co-manages all assets held in our suite of portfolio strategies. His responsibilities include risk analysis, asset allocation, market research, and institutional client development. Mark also serves as both Principal and CEO of Appleton Group LLC. He earned his Accredited Investment Fiduciary (AIF) designation in 2016.
Jan 5 2016

Three Minute Trend Talk™ – Welcoming in 2016

By |2016-11-15T11:27:18-06:00January 5th, 2016|

Mark Scheffler hosts this Three Minute Trend Talk™, highlighting current investment and economic issues, clearTREND™ recommendations for the exchange traded funds (ETFs) used in all Appleton Group managed portfolios, global investment trends, and more (select 1080p HD for best resolution, 720p HD for slower connections). vAP6Dej9FCo

Dec 14 2015

Three Minute Trend Talk™ – Whipsaw

By |2016-11-15T11:27:21-06:00December 14th, 2015|

Mark Scheffler hosts this Three Minute Trend Talk™, highlighting current investment and economic issues, clearTREND™ recommendations for the exchange traded funds (ETFs) used in all Appleton Group managed portfolios, global investment trends, and more (select 1080p HD for best resolution, 720p HD for slower connections). 4ttGyWvouw4

Dec 8 2015

Three Minute Trend Talk™ – Commodity Crash

By |2016-11-15T11:27:25-06:00December 8th, 2015|

Mark Scheffler hosts this Three Minute Trend Talk™, highlighting current investment and economic issues, clearTREND™ recommendations for the exchange traded funds (ETFs) used in all Appleton Group managed portfolios, global investment trends, and more (select 1080p HD for best resolution, 720p HD for slower connections). j7TH20K8b88

Dec 3 2015

Ameriprise Exclusive Event – An Early Christmas Present from clearTREND®

By |2017-08-31T08:56:42-05:00December 3rd, 2015|

Season's Greetings from Appleton Group! We know it's still a bit early, but we wanted to reach out to remind you of an upcoming special event available exclusively to the Ameriprise advisor community.  We're hosting a holiday open-house at our firm to unwrap our cutting-edge trend calculator, clearTREND®. While most investment managements never allow even [...]

Nov 25 2015

Happy Thanksgiving from The Appleton Group

By |2016-11-15T11:27:36-06:00November 25th, 2015|

Our American tradition of recognizing the great bounty of the harvest season is as old as our country itself.  So we take a moment to give thanks for the many blessings of our lives, not just today but everyday.  View this special Thanksgiving message from all of us at The Appleton Group (select 1080p HD [...]

Nov 16 2015

Three Minute Trend Talk™ – No Man’s Land

By |2015-11-24T09:03:49-06:00November 16th, 2015|

Mark Scheffler hosts this Three Minute Trend Talk™, highlighting current investment and economic issues, clearTREND™ recommendations for the exchange traded funds (ETFs) used in all Appleton Group managed portfolios, global investment trends, and more (select 1080p HD for best resolution, 720p HD for slower connections). 7Cvn6AJLBAU [separator style_type="shadow" top_margin="40" bottom_margin="40" sep_color="" icon="" width="" class="" [...]

Oct 28 2015

Quick Comment – Big Changes to Social Security

By |2016-01-07T11:59:31-06:00October 28th, 2015|

The proposed Federal budget deal making its way through Congress this week lays out one significant change to Social Security: the elimination of "file & suspend" strategies. Under file & suspend, a spouse could file for social security retirement benefits, but then "suspend" those payments until a later date (allowing their future benefit amounts to [...]

Oct 19 2015

Three Minute Trend Talk™ – Profit Prophecy

By |2015-10-19T09:48:50-05:00October 19th, 2015|

Mark Scheffler hosts this Three Minute Trend Talk™, highlighting current investment and economic issues, clearTREND™ recommendations for the exchange traded funds (ETFs) used in all Appleton Group managed portfolios, global investment trends, and more (select 1080p HD for best resolution, 720p HD for slower connections). xvrTGRmFJRA [separator style_type="shadow" top_margin="40" bottom_margin="40" sep_color="" icon="" width="" class="" [...]

Oct 5 2015

Quick Comment – Bad News Helps Market Rebound

By |2016-01-07T12:02:31-06:00October 5th, 2015|

Last Friday's jobs report was exactly what the markets needed: evidence that the Fed is unlikely to raise rates this year.  With job creation slowing, there's little reason to believe that wage growth is going to take off anytime soon.  And so with little threat of inflation, rates can stay low for a while longer. [...]

Sep 8 2015

Quick Comment – China Intervenes Again, Pushing Markets Higher

By |2016-01-07T12:03:39-06:00September 8th, 2015|

While the U.S. markets were closed for the Labor Day Holiday, China's central bank was once again busy.  In an effort to support Chinese stock prices that have plummeted over the past few months, the People's Bank of China once again implemented a sizable stock-buying program, reversing intraday losses of -2.0% and finishing the session [...]

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