It’s earnings season for the banks, and report cards are coming out. Margins continue to shrink. Banks are beginning to move to an online model, attracting millennials, and possibly you could see less brick and mortar buildings in the...
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Retirement is changing. There is a shift taking place on how we retire and who can help us get there. Gone are the days of working somewhere for 40 straight years and leaving with a pension to live on. ...
The Federal Reserve met yesterday for the first time in 2019 and did not raise rates. This may allow consumers to possibly borrow at a lower rate for purchases such as housing and autos. It also means, bond or CD...
Staying the Course Investors tend to see short-term volatility as the enemy. Volatility may lead many investors to move money out of the market and “sit on the sidelines” until things “calm down.” Although this approach may appear to...
The last two months have brought continued market volatility to both stocks and bonds. It can be hard to stomach at times, yet it’s also expected. The long-term investor knows that markets on average, go up 7 out of...
Gridlock is Good for the Markets The markets asked, and they received. U.S. stocks rallied today after the midterm election results came in about as expected. Investors were bullish following the results due to the belief that gridlock...
We had the pleasure to meet one on one with a large institutional investment company and their international investment team. The investment team travels the world, primarily based in Europe, looking for opportunities to invest in. He spoke...
Job numbers were released earlier this month, and it was another month, 92 consecutive months to be exact, of positive job creation in the U.S. economy…hip, hip, hooray! The good news is that unemployment is down to a near-record...
Did that headline get your attention? There are hundreds of distractions around us every minute of the day. It used to be just billboards along the highway, a few advertisements between your favorite radio songs, or those dreaded commercials...
You’ve seen the headlines, you’ve heard the talking heads, you likely have negative feelings when you see the term blasted across the front page of the business periodicals. Markets have been swinging wildly in 2018. Things started off great...