Mar 21, 2025 | Behavioral Finance, Congress, Issues that effect todays Market, Weekly Financial Thought
Blog “A Recession Won’t Help the Budget” Every so often I come across a theory that makes sense superficially but on closer examination doesn’t add up. The most recent one is that the current Administration wants a recession (or at least wouldn’t mind one)...
Nov 15, 2024 | Congress, Issues that effect todays Market, Uncategorized, Weekly Financial Thought
Blog “Policy Shifts Expected after Trump Wins Presidency” The magnitude of U.S. President-elect Donald Trump’s victory last week brings the strong likelihood he will have a mandate for his economic, market and foreign policy agenda. Winning the Electoral College...
Nov 1, 2024 | Congress, Issues that effect todays Market, Uncategorized, Weekly Financial Thought
Blog “Don’t Live with Election Fear” I thought it was high time to harken back to 2020 and remind everyone that regardless of our biases and desires, living with election fear when it comes to our investing usually doesn’t end up well! I hope you enjoy reading...
Sep 13, 2024 | Congress, Issues that effect todays Market, Uncategorized, Weekly Financial Thought
Blog “Stock Markets and Presidential Elections” While our post this week might not directly assist you in your quest towards financial independence, it’s still interesting to see how finances can play into so many aspects of our world. If 2024 hasn’t already been...
May 3, 2024 | Congress, Issues that effect todays Market, Tax Concepts for Retirement, Uncategorized, Weekly Financial Thought
Blog May 3rd, 2024 “Tax Disparity” As we come into an election year, there will many different topics discussed and debated, but one that will likely come up is our country’s budget deficit (now over $33 Trillion) and how increasing taxes could help to offset this...
May 19, 2023 | Congress, Financial Planning, Issues that effect todays Market, Uncategorized, Weekly Financial Thought
Blog “Debt Ceiling Showdown” I thought this recent article from Capital Group did a good job summarizing the debt ceiling issues and what, if anything, investors should be doing as a result. Unfortunately, the reality is that we’ve been here before in...