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December 7, 2021
The Federal Reserve has employed a pedal to the metal monetary strategy in response to the COVID pandemic consistent with its unprecedented statement in March 2020 that it would do “whatever is necessary” to keep credit flowing through the U.S. and global financial systems. Whatever is necessary...
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November 30, 2021
For investors whose income exceeds the Roth IRA eligibility threshold there are a few popular strategies to get money into these accounts that grow tax-free (as opposed to tax-deferred). Unfortunately, the time may be drawing nigh to continue those strategies.
First, if your employer sponsors...
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October 4, 2021
Momentum slowed in the third quarter as unease over the new highly contagious COVID-19 Delta variant and other worries dampened investor enthusiasm. The list of additional concerns included higher inflation, rising interest rates, lofty equity valuations, supply-chain bottlenecks, Federal Reserve...
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September 13, 2021
As the U.S. and other countries work to re-open their economies in the continuing wake of the COVID-19 pandemic many people are looking forward to getting back to normal – to dinners out with friends, crowded football stadiums, and full church pews. Although things are re-opening, it will...
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August 16, 2021
Rising inflation has become a hot topic in 2021. Over the last year and a half, our world economy has experienced large shutdowns followed by trillions of dollars of stimulus. Now, as our economy fights to reopen, it is showing signs of not only having to battle COVID-19 but also higher prices....
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July 5, 2021
Equities spent most of this year’s second quarter backing and filling, caught between two countervailing forces, until finally pushing through to new highs by the end of June. Blowout earnings reports and upwardly revised earnings forecasts elevated prices, while simultaneously, P/E (Price/...