Washington and the Markets
Market participants breathed a sigh of relief in early November. The arrival of the long-awaited mid-term elections and the Federal Reserve (Fed)...
“One and A Half Cents” on the Fourth Quarter
As the calendar turned to fall, the markets began to rise. While bonds posted a respectable 2.5% gain for the third quarter, measured by the...
Textbook September as Economy Passes Test
The first few days of September revealed much of what the economy did with its summer vacation. The economic data for the summer months through...
Market Update: Market Provides Unwelcome Chill for Summer
Now that August is behind us, the only certainty is that the market’s direction appears quite uncertain. The S&P 500 Index, a proxy for the...
Weekly Financial Market Commentary (Taxes/Investments) Download
As we go further into the 3rd quarter of the year and approach the 4th, one of the biggest concerns of financial investors is the elections in...
The Economic Impact On the Gulf Coast
Recently around the July 4 holiday, I had the opportunity to visit with clients in the Fort Morgan, Gulf Shores, and Orange Beach gulf coasts of...
Greece-ing” the Skids of Opportunity
After rising almost 9% in the first 66 days of 2010, the market abruptly changed direction on April 24, 2010. The reasons for pullbacks are never...
Financial Independence without Government Subsidies
Don’t let your financial future dissolve before your eyes because you were told it would be provided by certain benefits. In 2008, Roger...