Three Decades of College Cost Increases College costs have risen steadily and significantly over the past 30 years. More Details Working While Receiving Social Security Benefits Social Security has many complex rules, and one of the most confusing and misunderstood is...
The Federal Reserve (Fed) meets this week and in all likelihood will raise short-term interest rates for the first time since emergency levels of monetary accommodation were provided to markets after the COVID-19 shutdowns. Inflationary pressures are running higher...
We currently expect the U.S. economy to grow 3.7% in 2022. The risks are to the downside since the Fed may err on tightening too fast, the recent commodity spike may trickle down to the U.S. consumer, and supply and demand imbalances may last longer than expected....
Key changes from February’s report: Downgrading developed international equities to negative from neutral Stocks fell in February, as the S&P 500 Index lost 3.3% for the month to bring the year-to-date decline to 8.2% as of February 28. Russia’s invasion of...
Dear Valued Investor, The green shoots are hard to see right now as spring approaches, clouded by war in Ukraine. Democracy is under attack and innocent lives are tragically being lost. But while we keep one eye on overseas developments, the other remains squarely...