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As expected, the Fed kept rates unchanged last Wednesday. They reiterated a few things that instilled confidence in the markets. 1. Inflation is continuing to come down. The markets liked hearing this from the Fed as we were coming off the heels of a few hotter-than-expected inflation reports.2. ...
03/26/2024
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March’s meeting of the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) came and went largely as expected on Wednesday, with the policy-setting body of the Federal Reserve again keeping its anchor rate unchanged at 5.25% to 5.5%.It’s the fifth consecutive meeting that the central bank has held the benchmark ...
03/22/2024
According to the World Health Organization, the entire populace is rapidly aging. All countries face major challenges to ensure that their health and social systems are ready to make the most of this demographic shift. In 2050, 80% of older people will be living in low- and middle-income countri...
03/12/2024
Rates are coming off their best week since the most recent CPI numbers came out a month ago. Jobs were weaker than expected and the unemployment rate came in 0.2% higher (at 3.9%) than expected. Remember, we are in a "celebrate the bad news" era so the Fed can "save" us sooner. Speaking of CPI (i...
03/11/2024
If you're trying to decide whether to rent or buy a home this year, here's a powerful insight that could give you the clarity and confidence you need to make your decision. Every three years, the Federal Reserve releases the Survey of Consumer Finances (SCF), which compares the net worth of home...
03/06/2024
Markets were on edge last week as they awaited the numbers from the PCE report. This is the Fed's preferred inflation data. The CPI numbers that came in a week earlier were higher than expectations (albeit they did continue their downtrend and expectations were rather aggressive) so the markets w...
03/04/2024
According to the Wall Street Journal, AARP, and others, 11,200 people a day turn 65. A higher-than-ever percentage still work. Networth has increased for those over 75. We are all living longer. Many divorces for those over 50 are not necessarily contentious. The kids are gone, people have just c...
03/04/2024
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If you could spend one more day with a loved one already departed, how would you spend it? What would you do? Mitch Albom became fascinated by this question while writing the book, For One More Day.Albom found time and again that people wanted to spend an ordinary day doing ordinary things with t...
02/28/2024
Happy Tuesday! Markets reacted harshly to the consumer-led inflation data which came out last Tuesday. The market was expecting a 2.9% YoY reading and inflation came in at 3.1%. Although it was higher than the market expectations, it came in 0.3% lower than the previous month's reading. So yes, i...
02/20/2024
Fed Chairman Powell, during his speech after the Fed decided to keep rates unchanged, said how the Fed is looking for more confidence in inflation. What he's saying is that he wants to see the numbers continue coming down year over year, within expectations, and without any sudden jumps higher. I...
02/12/2024
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