Investing Caffeine

JANUARY 2, 2024

Source: Trading Economics Declining inflation and interest rates explain a lot of investor optimism, but there are additional reasons to be sanguine. There are always plenty of unforeseen issues that could slow or reverse our economic train. Slome, CFA, CFP® Plan. a few months ago to 3.9% today (see chart below).

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Bell Investment Advisors

JUNE 17, 2022

Forrest Bell, CFP®. The volatility which has dogged financial markets this year continued during May. stock market declined for several sessions until it was 5.5% The Federal Reserve typically responds by raising interest rates to slow economic activity. below its April closing level.

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International College of Financial Planning

APRIL 20, 2022

Financial planning is a rewarding, stable career that can give you the opportunity to help people make the most of their money. Becoming a financial planner requires an understanding of the financial markets, investment strategies, and the ability to communicate with clients.

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Sara Grillo

APRIL 10, 2023

It seems like everyone from the Senate Banking Committee to Reddit forums, everyone is buzzing about crypto this and crypto that. Robert Wright, CFP Lee: The list of things Gary Gensler doesn’t own is probably very short. I don’t want to trash Central Banking, but now that we have blockchain technology we could replace it.

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Good Financial Cents

DECEMBER 14, 2022

And while there’s no guarantee that any job will be immune to cutbacks or layoffs, some industries weather economic storms better than others. After all, people will always need financial services, whether investing their money , taking out loans, or managing their taxes. Financial Examiner. Chief Compliance Officer.

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International College of Financial Planning

MAY 1, 2023

To excel as a financial advisor, you need to possess a specific set of skills and qualities. Financial advisors who succeed are usually effective communicators, capable of clarifying complex financial concepts in easyto-understand language.

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Trade Brains

MARCH 28, 2023

It offers investment options and diversification opportunities to fund managers by investing in high-quality companies regardless of market capitalization, whether large-cap, mid-cap, or small-cap. They are well-balanced funds that could generate stable returns even in bear markets. It has provided 5-year annualized returns of 10.37

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Yardley Wealth Management

OCTOBER 6, 2021

Garry, Esquire, CFP©, MBA Founder & CEO. In fact, a bit of inflation goes hand in hand with economic growth and reasonable interest rates for lenders and borrowers alike. When it does, uncertainty has spiked as well, wreaking havoc on commerce, the economy, job markets, real estate, and financial markets.

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Investing Caffeine

APRIL 1, 2022

The hangover from COVID has created significant supply chain disruptions and widespread economic shortages. Source: Trading Economics. The rising Baker Hughes drilling rig count below reflects the miracle of supply-demand economics operating in full force. Source: Trading Economics. Slome, CFA, CFP®.

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Investing Caffeine

NOVEMBER 1, 2021

With the COVID Delta variant subsiding ( see chart below ), economic activity rising ( Q4 GDP is estimated at +4.8% ), and corporate profits going gang busters (33% growth and 84% of corporations are beating Q3 estimates ), it should come as no surprise that stock market values continue to rise. Slome, CFA, CFP®.

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Bell Investment Advisors

JUNE 29, 2023

But before we go there, maybe a couple of comments about the banking crisis that occurred earlier this year in March. Banking Crisis – Key Points 05:25 Ryan Kelley: Sure. But what really initially sparked this was that Silicon Valley Bank essentially had a large number of deposits that were uninsured. Slide 5: U.S.

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Investing Caffeine

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

Source: Federal Reserve Economic Data (FRED). Slome, CFA, CFP®. Furthermore, if you give the Fed the benefit of the doubt of achieving this uncertain target, this 2.5% level is very appealing and still extremely low, historically speaking ( see chart below ). Many investors are very myopic in their focus on U.S. interest rates.

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Sara Grillo

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

Mettler is a CFP® certificant (INSERT LINK WHEN AVAIL) and he says that even the CFP Board passed a fiduciary guideline. Macchia chimes in, saying he finds it ironic that the first module in the CFP program is risk management, which he interprets to be about insurance. They told him to read the FAQs (lol)! About Gary Mettler.

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Sara Grillo

SEPTEMBER 26, 2022

In Part Two of our two part series on the CFP Board, the heated debate continues. We’ll discuss these questions: The CFP Board has specifically stated that it wants the CFP® mark to be a requirement for anyone who practices financial planning. What do you believe the CFP Board’s role should be in the future?

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Investing Caffeine

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

However, the economic impact should not be overstated either. In other words, the hundreds of billions of dollars in financial stock market losses this month are not proportional to the Mideast economic losses incurred thus far. And let’s not forget, economic activity is not dropping to zero. Slome, CFA, CFP® Plan.

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Investing Caffeine

JUNE 1, 2023

On the surface, last month’s performance of the stock market as measured by the S&P 500 index (+0.3%) seemed encouraging, but rather pedestrian. Fears of sticky-high inflation, more potential Federal Reserve interest rate hikes, contagion uncertainty surrounding a mini-banking crisis, along with looming recession concerns led to a -3.5%

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Investing Caffeine

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

Inflation dropping ( see chart below ), the Federal Reserve signaling a decline in interest rates, low unemployment ( 3.7% ), and healthy economic growth ( +3.3% Q4 – GDP ) have all contributed to the continuing bull market run. When it comes to the financial markets, money continues to go where it is treated best.

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The Better Letter

JANUARY 12, 2023

The contracts were based upon Summers’ macro-economic forecast, which turned out to be wildly wrong. Obviously, economic forecasting skill eludes even Nobel laureates and other eminent economists. These experts made a living “analyzing” and pontificating on political and economic developments. “In 6.1

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