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Financial markets appear to have pre-election jitters.
The United States election is less than two weeks away. The candidates are neck and neck. The outcome remains uncertain.…
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Happy birthday!
The bull market in stocks charged past its two-year birthday on October 12. “This unique bull market is still young…
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There was a lot to celebrate last week!
The Standard & Poor’s 500 Index closed above 5,800 for the first time—and that’s not all. The Dow Jones Industrial…
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What a Rate Cut Means for You
After a few years of news about interest rate hikes, we finally have some news of an interest rate cut.…
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Living the realities of risk and reward.
Asset allocation is important because it helps investors manage the risk and rewards of investing. In general, investments have different…
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The S&P 500 Index hit a new all-time high last week.
The S&P 500 has had quite a year. Despite a sharp downturn in August when investor confidence was ruffled by…
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Rates moved lower and stocks moved higher.
In 2022, the United States Federal Reserve (Fed) began raising interest rates as it battled high rates of inflation. That…
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There was a lot of good news last week!
Inflation continued to trend lower. The Consumer Price Index showed that inflation was 2.5 percent year over year (yoy) in…
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Investing in September can be like biting into a jelly doughnut and finding boiled cabbage—full of unwelcome surprises.
“History suggests September is the worst month of the year in terms of stock-market performance,” reported Isabel Wang of Morningstar.…
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After gyrating wildly throughout the month, major U.S. stock indexes finished August higher.
Despite a lot of uncertainty and some dramatic ups and downs, the Standard & Poor’s (S&P) 500 Index rose 2.3…
