#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...
#288 Three Financial Forces
Since 2009, 69% of the S&P 500 companies have beat expectations. After the first quarter of this year 79% have beat expectations. #288...
#287 Headlines Not Creating Headwinds
The trade tariffs were enacted but the market was up thanks to a good jobs number. There were 213,000 jobs created last month. #287 Headlines...