Hiring remains strong and inflation coming down. What to watch.
Stock market volatility is on the rise. Having a solid long-term strategy can help.
Hank Nicholson, CFP®
Liz Jacques, CFP®
Economic Outlook Remains Murky The Fed tightened until something broke: Silicon Valley Bank. Now the Fed has to grapple with maintaining financial stability (and not let anything else break) as it tries to tame inflation. The outlook for the U.S. economy has become murky—again. First, Federal Reserve...
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Is Schwab Okay? The recent banking crisis has hammered financial stocks, but few more than Schwab, which is down 35% in three weeks. In the wake of the Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) failure, Charles Schwab stock has suffered the fastest decline since 1987. While few clients of...
Read MoreWhat about Reading, Riting, Rithmetic and Return on Investment?!?! We believe that financial education is not just about money. It’s also about our sense of well-being, creating equal opportunities, even strengthening our relationships. So, though we work predominately with adults, we believe that it’s important to share with the next generation...
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As a kid I volunteered at the Boulder Food Share. There I learned that food is important. Food is very important. It saddened me to learn that food banks are struggling due to inflation. Food should be a right, not a privilege. National Public Radio (NPR) recently...
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Despite high inflation and rising interest rates, the U.S. labor market remains strong. If inflation continues to ease, an economic soft landing may actually be possible. The U.S. economy produced jobs at a slower but still comfortable rate at the end of 2022, as higher interest...
Read More2022 Considerations SECURE Act: You may know that, as part of a larger government package signed into law in December 2019, Congress included provisions that could make saving for retirement more accessible. Key takeaways include: Required minimum distributions (RMD) now begin at age 72. If you...
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