There’s a lot more to retirement than just saving enough money to pay for it. When we’re almost there, it is time to really start planning for this life changing event. Retiring should be a time for celebration, where we reach the pinnacle of our working years and get ready to relax and enjoy the […]
Since the truce was reached on the government shutdown, the hope has been that we’d get this resolved by the deadline. We did, but a state of emergency came with it. If anyone still doubted President Donald Trump’s resolve to build his wall along the Mexican border, his actions today should serve to shed more […]
It’s no secret that we are borrowing more and more each year, although the data does tell us that this is increasing faster than our incomes. This is not necessarily a bad thing. Just because people’s income goes up doesn’t mean that they are better off financially. We know that there is one critical factor […]
Retail sales are seen generally as a good measure of economic prosperity at home. When we see a report that is the worst since 2009, that does concern some people. Stock markets have been cruising along rather nicely over the past few days, buoyed by a more optimistic outlook on the prospects of the trade […]
The number of rate increases expected by the Federal Reserve in 2019 has dropped from two to one lately, and we’re not seeing anything in the CPI to suggest one is needed now. While we entered 2019 with the expectation that the Federal Reserve may have two more rate increases in store for us in […]
Cisco has been telling us for a while that they aren’t worried about the current business challenges they face. Their current business results back up this resilient outlook. Given the macroeconomic and geopolitical challenges that are supposed to be facing technology companies these days, particularly the shrinking demand that has shown itself in the technology […]
A terrible December had people particularly looking toward technology stocks and the Nasdaq as indicating troubled times. We’ve now fully recaptured those losses. Throughout the market recovery from a bad finish in 2018, seeing things dip by around 20% at its worst and then put in a move upward at Christmas time, we have been […]
The U.S. national debt has been spiraling out of control for some time now, at an accelerating pace. We may not need to worry too much about this, but someone will. Many Americans are concerned to various degrees about the size of the country’s national debt load, and this is certainly well worthy of our […]
With the deadline approaching, we will find out soon what the outcome of this latest round of trade talks will be, and some wonder what will happen in the markets as well. Many people are excited at the prospects of a trade agreement between China and the United States, which may very well be at […]
Trump’s been using his demand for a $5.7 billion wall to hold up the current spending bill. We’ll soon see if a $1.4 billion fence instead will appease him enough to back off. With the prospects of another protracted government shutdown looming, congressional negotiators have been working hard behind the scenes to put together a […]