Use this social-distancing time to establish healthy financial habits COVID-19 has presented everyone with incredible challenges as it has wreaked havoc on our country and around the world. Beyond the worry of the virus itself, everyone is impacted economically as most businesses have closed, forcing us to social-distance for the foreseeable future. And while Congress …
You don’t need to file by April 15th and you should think about the benefits The U.S. Department of the Treasury is delaying the April 15th deadline to file and pay taxes by 90 days, giving individuals and businesses another 3 months to file and then pay the government what they owe. What Should …
But volatility upticks are normal, healthy and, to some extent, expected Market volatility can be frightening, but also useful. Gyrating stocks are a good reminder to look at your portfolio with a critical eye. The key is to curb your emotions and not panic. For the first couple of months of 2020, we continued …
By this time, you have most likely seen the order passed down from both the Pennsylvania & New Jersey State Governors that all non-life sustaining businesses’ must fully transition to virtual operations. Prior to the order, we had already made the decision to transition most of our staff to operate remotely and securely from …
Monday, March 16, 2020 – Once again, markets are rapidly moving this morning as the U.S. Federal Reserve announced a second emergency rate cut to zero on Sunday in conjunction with Central Banks around the world. Chairman Jerome Powell announced that Monetary Policy had run its course and that a Fiscal Stimulus is needed to …
MARKETS RETREAT AS CORONAVIRUS WORRIES INTENSIFY, PUSHING THE 30–YEAR TREASURY TO ITS ALL–TIME LOW Weekly Market Update — February 25th, 2020 The tech–laden NASDAQ and the broad, large–cap S&P 500 both hit new closing records this week, but trailed off toward the end of the week and finished in the red NASDAQ lost the most …
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STOCKS UP FOR SECOND WEEK IN A ROW AS THE LARGE TECH NAMES LEAD AND THE CORONAVIRUS DOMINATES HEADLINES Weekly Market Update — February 17, 2020 U.S. equity markets continued their record–setting ways, moving up for the second week in a row, despite increasing worries about the coronavirus As seems to be the norm, the …
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STOCKS PULL BACK FOR SECOND WEEK IN A ROW AS THE CORONAVIRUS GETS WORSE, EARNINGS DISAPPOINT AND GDP REMAINS SOLID Weekly Market Update — January 31, 2020 The stock market dropped again this week, as the outbreak of the coronavirus dominated the news and grew progressively worse as the week wore on The small–cap Russell …
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Weekly Market Update — January 3, 2020 The U.S. stock markets inched down during the final holiday-shortened week of 2019, ending their recent win streak but still capping off a remarkable year On the week, NASDAQ inched up 0.2% whereas the S&P 500 and the DJIA declined 0.2% and 0.4%, respectively The smaller–cap Russell 2000 …
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TRUMP GETS IMPEACHED, NAFTA 2.0 PASSES, THE HOUSING MARKET STAYS STRONG AND THE MARKETS HIT MORE RECORD HIGHS Twas the week before Christmas and U.S. markets are finishing high, driven by low unemployment, strong housing and real progress with NAFTA 2.0, China and Brexit Despite an impeachment vote in the House of Representatives, the S&P …