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Mastering Finances with a Certified Investment/Financial Advisor

International College of Financial Planning

If you have an analytical mindset, a keen interest in the financial markets, and the desire to help others achieve their financial goals, a career as an investment advisor may be the perfect fit. Investment advisors can also specialize in specific areas such as retirement planning, tax planning, or portfolio management.

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Air Bags Deployed to Cushion Bank Crashes

Investing Caffeine

Investors were generally relieved by the government’s response, and the financial markets reacted accordingly. SVB executives added gasoline to the fire by making risky investments long-term dated government bonds. Slome, CFA, CFP ® Plan. The S&P 500 rose +3.5% But not everyone escaped unscathed.

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From Hard Landing to Soft Landing to No Landing?

Investing Caffeine

However, with near record-low unemployment ( 3.4% ) and multi-trillion dollars in government stimulus still working its way through the system, others see an economic soft landing. We certainly could face the potential of turbulence and changing weather conditions, but that is always the case when you invest in the financial markets.

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What to Do With Cash When Interest Rates Rise

Darrow Wealth Management

Good news is hard to find in the financial markets this year. High-yield savings accounts and money markets. When you buy a government bond, assuming you hold it to maturity, you will get a guaranteed rate of return. As an added bonus, Treasuries are exempt from state tax. government.

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Bad Weather Coming: Hurricane or Drizzle?

Investing Caffeine

Due to trillions of dollars in increased stimulus spending and Federal Reserve Quantitative Easing (bond buying), we experienced an explosion in the government deficit and surge in money supply growth (i.e., MONEY SUPPLY GROWTH% (M2) VS. GOVERNMENT DEFICIT. Slome, CFA, CFP®. Source: TradingEconomics.com. www.Sidoxia.com.

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Mission Accomplished?

Investing Caffeine

Like a pig working its way through the economic python, the large interest rate increases naturally take a while to work their way through the consumer, commercial, and government credit markets. Businesses and governments in all shapes and sizes have felt the pain as well from higher borrowing costs. Slome, CFA, CFP® Plan.

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Consumer Wallets Strong, Rate Hikes Long, What Could Go Wrong?

Investing Caffeine

Today, worries include Federal Reserve policy; restarting of school loan repayments (after a three-year hiatus); a potential government shutdown; an auto and Hollywood strike; higher oil prices; and a presidential election that is heating up. Slome, CFA, CFP® Plan. Many of these worries are nothing new. www.Sidoxia.com Wade W.