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.
Jun 28 2011

Current Market Trends – 6/28/2011

By |2011-06-29T10:33:32-05:00June 28th, 2011|

Over the course of the past six weeks or so, several major market segments have not only stopped rising but have begun to clearly demonstrate declining price trends. Click here to access our current view of the markets - our five-year ETF charts with both their respective short- and long-term trend-lines. These segments include international emerging [...]

Jun 28 2011

Greece: The Skids

By |2011-06-28T08:45:05-05:00June 28th, 2011|

I thought I was in a kind of financial time warp. A few weeks ago I read a headline on Bloomberg Finance that read something to the effect of "Riots in Greece Spark Global Selloff." For a moment I thought I was back in May of 2010 when Greece first announced a $50 billion budget [...]

May 2 2011

Current Market Trends – 5/2/2011

By |2011-05-03T10:04:51-05:00May 2nd, 2011|

As has been the case for the last seven months, the market continues to be in the midst of a sustained, rising price-trend environment.  This has been ideal, as it reflects the reality that the markets as a whole continue to be normal, they are experiencing more positive days and weeks than negative ones, and the risks of owning equities right now [...]

Apr 12 2011

Current Market Trends – 4/12/2011

By |2011-04-12T11:34:16-05:00April 12th, 2011|

 Earnings season is upon us once again, with a few companies schedule to release quarterly profit reports, revenues and their own forecasts in the coming week.  By perhaps the best measure, the market has already priced in much of the current economic recovery: the current modified price to earnings ratio (PE/10) for the S&P 500 index [...]

Apr 4 2011

Current Market Trends – 4/5/2011

By |2011-04-05T08:54:37-05:00April 4th, 2011|

Another good couple of weeks for the markets and for all of our managed portfolios.  With the current market environment being quite cooperative, we continue to be nearly fully invested in all major market segments, including U.S. dividend-paying equities, U.S. growth equities, foreign emerging markets, U.S. real estate, commodity-based equities, and high-yield fixed income.  Positions [...]

Mar 15 2011

Current Market Trends – 03/16/11

By |2011-03-16T08:58:54-05:00March 15th, 2011|

Over the past two weeks the market advance has weakened a bit, but not enough to warrant further defensive action at the present time.  As of the close of business yesterday, each of our managed portfolios was holding an approximate 55% allocation to equities (mainly domestic equities with a small exposure to international), a 15% [...]

Mar 15 2011

Caring for the Caregivers

By |2011-03-15T13:43:10-05:00March 15th, 2011|

If there's one simple truth that evades time or nationality or geography, it is this: humanity is so much better at dealing with problems after the fact than at avoiding them to begin with. The earthquake and subsequent tsunami in Japan are horrific events to be sure, created not by our own doing but by [...]

Mar 3 2011

Current Market Trends – 3/3/2011

By |2011-04-04T14:48:25-05:00March 3rd, 2011|

Another month of largely positive market action pushed all of our firm's managed portfolios higher during February. The current rising price trend has been intact since mid-September of last year, and has required only minimal adjustments during this period. With the U.S. and other developed economies demonstrating ongoing economic stability (and even a bit of [...]

Feb 3 2011

Current Market Trends (2/2/2011)

By |2011-07-11T13:45:21-05:00February 3rd, 2011|

Generally speaking, each of the ETFs used in Appleton Group Wealth Management's core portfolios (Appleton Group Portfolio, Appleton Group PLUS Portfolio, and Appleton Group Tax Managed Growth Portfolio) is demonstrating a supportive rising price trend at the present time. The market has remained cooperative over the past four months or so, and as such we have continued to [...]

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