October is recognized as Financial Planning Month, which provides a great opportunity to get your finances in order before the busy holiday season. When it comes to creating your financial roadmap, there are four cornerstones that…
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This week, the monetary policy making arm of the Federal Reserve, the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC), left the target overnight lending rate between member banks unchanged. The upper bound remains at 5.50%, and the lower…
October is recognized as Financial Planning Month, which provides a great opportunity to get your finances in order before the busy holiday season. When it comes to creating your financial roadmap, there are four cornerstones…
On Friday, June 30th 2023, something big happened. Not only did it mark the end of the first half of 2023, but it was also a very good day in the stock market. The S&P 500…
October is recognized as Financial Planning Month, which provides a great opportunity to get your finances in order before the busy holiday season. When it comes to creating your financial roadmap, there are four cornerstones that…
Every month of the year has a cause attached to it, and October is no different. These cause months are established to bring awareness and education on subjects that aren’t often top of mind. October is…
We all know the phrase self-fulfilling prophecy. In the Cleveland Clinic’s words: “Self-fulfilling prophecies occur when a prediction brings about its own fulfillment. In layman’s terms, that means that if you believe something to be true,…
Is there a better way to celebrate the upcoming Labor Day Weekend than with a week’s worth of slightly softer job market data? Don’t get me wrong. The numbers weren’t awful. In a simpler time, we…
The greater the authority the government has over the economic decision making process, the lesser the economic returns will be. This week, the so-called BRICS bloc of nations held its annual summit in Johannesburg. In case…
Either inflation and inflation expectations need to come down OR interest rates need to go up… Markets in the Red. This week was the pits in the markets, with plenty of red ink to go around.…