#296 Answering Client Questions
The current bull market has lasted 3,245 days and is the second longest on record. The longest was 4,494 days and that was from late 1987 to early...
#295 Importance of the Unemployment Rate
One month versus another may not impact your portfolio directly but, over time, as we see more people becoming employed, we see more people...
#294 Turkey Time Bomb?
On Friday Turkey’s currency crashed. They have a government that has kept interest rates too low for too long and have also had out of control...
#293 College 529 Plans
One of the ways to start saving for college expenses is a 529 plan. A benefit of one of these plans is that earnings grow tax deferred. #293...
#292 Domestic Strengths vs. International Alarms
Currently second quarter corporate earnings are up around 23%. Expectations were that 190,000 jobs would be added in July. #292 Domestic...
#291 Tariffs and the Global Economy
With all the trade and tariff talks going on, what players in the global economy will get hurt the most in relative terms? #291 Tariffs and the...
#290 Undercurrents in the Market
On Friday, the second quarter GDP number came out at 4.1%. This number represents the total growth of the U.S. economy, net of inflation. #290...
#289 Strong Earnings vs. Strong Talk
We expect GDP to pick up this quarter to anywhere around 3.5% to 4%. We have seen much better consumer spending and business investments in the...