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Listen, watch, and read our most up-to-date content on retirement, investing, the current market, and more.
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Spring Cleaning: Review Your Tax Return
Spring Cleaning: Rebalance Your Portfolio
Spring Cleaning: Revisit Your Retirement Timeline & Your Goals
5 Ways To Spring Clean Your Portfolio & Your Retirement Plan
Don't Squander A Large Windfall | Recap
Don’t Spend Anything For 6-12 Months
Yes, You Still Need A Budget When You’re Worth $15 Million!
The Never Evers of A Large Windfall - Part 2
The Never Evers of a Large Windfall - Part 1
Monthly Market Updates
Economic & Market Update | 1st Quarter 2024
1st Quarter 2024 Commentary & 2024 Outlook – Stocks have reached new all-time highs due to lower inflation and an acceleration of earnings. The economy and markets remained incredibly resilient in 2023, which has continued in the first quarter of 2024
Economic & Market Update | 4th Quarter 2023
Several troubling signs point to a recession ahead in the next year. With the Fed near the end of its rate hike cycle, we believe it’s a good time to start locking in attractive yields. Stocks may show further weakness from here, but as opportunities in AI become reality, it could be the green shoot the U.S. economy needs to avoid a serious downturn.
Economic & Market Update | September 2023
Several troubling signs point to a recession ahead in the next year. With the Fed near the end of its rate hike cycle, we believe it’s a good time to start locking in attractive yields. Stocks may show further weakness from here, but as opportunities in AI become reality, it could be the green shoot the U.S. economy needs to avoid a serious downturn.
Economic & Market Update | July 2023
Stocks continued to climb a wall of worry in the first half of 2023. The S&P 500 was up nearly 16% this year at the close of the second quarter, and the Dow Jones Industrial Average has climbed 3.8% this year, despite soft economic data, prominent bank failures, fears about the debt ceiling, and continued worries about an imminent recession.
Economic & Market Update | April 2023
Stocks rallied sharply to start the year as inflation subsided and investors grew increasingly confident that the Federal Reserve was nearly done raising interest rates.
Economic & Market Update | January 2023
2022 will go down in history as one of the worst years for both stocks and bonds ever
Economic & Market Update | July 2022
Stocks and bonds are having their worst 6-month start to a calendar year in decades.
Economic & Market Update | April 2022
The central concern, at least for Americans, is the current state of inflation and how our leaders plan to address it.
Economic & Market Update | January 2022
We remain optimistic about 2022, but we expect more muted returns on stocks and a challenging year for bonds…
Market & Economic Outlook | July 2021
Stocks continued to climb in the second quarter finishing up 8.2% as Covid-19 cases plunged 96% and almost 70% of U.S. adults got vaccinated. While concerns about the Covid Delta variant and inflation have investors on edge, the stock market performance in 2021 remains strong…