Stock market volatility is on the rise. Having a solid long-term strategy can help.
Hank Nicholson, CFP®
Rising interest rates, falling stock prices, government dysfunction, and a war between Hamas and Israel are all adding to investors’ angst. But nothing hurts investor confidence more than losing money. 2022 was a bad year for stocks and bonds recording returns of -18% (S&P 500 stock...
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Returning from an intense conference in New York this past spring, my colleague Kirsten Roeber and I debated one of the hot topics presented - artificial Intelligence (AI). It appears that we are only at the beginning of AI’s influence. And our discussion inspired me to...
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Inflation Continues to Cool June CPI registered a 3% increase, which was the smallest 12-month increase since the period ending March 2021. While a downward trend in inflation can always reverse, it is also possible that the easing inflation and a somewhat slower economy may result...
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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...
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