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Always Something to Worry About

To many, this past week has been little more than the lull between the NFL conference championships and the Super Bowl. However, to investment types, it was chock full of important information. There was a Federal…

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Are Tariffs Tarrible or Tarrific?

Perhaps not surprisingly, I have gotten a lot of questions this week about what impact Donald Trump’s enormous wish list will have on the economy. More specifically, folks seem to be pretty worried about the impact…

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Setting Realistic Expectations

This week, the Federal Reserve surprised no one and disappointed everyone when it cut the overnight rate by 25 basis points (0.25%). Investors had fully expected it. They had NOT expected the relatively hawkish tone of…

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The Fed Cut the Overnight Rate

At 1:00 pm CST on December 18, the Federal Reserve announced the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) had decided to cut the target overnight rate by 25 basis points (0.25%). This will take the upper band…