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Taxes, Jobs and Rates

December 12, 2017 We promised a busy December and certainly we have not been disappointed in this regard. We entered December with the tax legislation flying through the Senate faster than anyone would have predicted. This is not to say that the work is finished, as there are many differences between the House and Senate […]

Taxes, Jobs and Rates

December 12, 2017 We promised a busy December and certainly we have not been disappointed in this regard. We entered December with the tax legislation flying through the Senate faster than anyone would have predicted. This is not to say that the work is finished, as there are many differences between the House and Senate […]

Do We Move Closer or Further Away?

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December 5, 2017 This week we will see the release of the November employment numbers. The key question we will be watching is whether we will be moving closer to a rate increase or further away with respect to the Federal Reserve Board’s meeting next week. According to the minutes of the last meeting, the […]

Busy December on Tap

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November 28, 2017 As we approach December, we can see that we are in for a busy month with regard to the economy. With the recovery continuing from the Hurricanes, the Federal Reserve Board’s Open Market Committee will also be meeting with the consensus pointing to another increase in short-term interest rates. Outside of major […]

Happy Thanksgiving

November 21, 2017 Every year it seems like the months go by more quickly than before. Here we are wishing everyone a happy Thanksgiving already. Where did the summer go? Though the year passed quickly, there is plenty for us to give thanks for. This has been another year of economic growth and another year […]

Long Road To Travel

November 14, 2017 The tax reform proposal is now in print. For a year we have been hearing about the concept of tax reform. But now that there is ink on paper — Can we still use that expression today? — the stark reality has hit. When talking about changing the tax system, it is […]

Weathering the Storms

November 7, 2017 The storms are over. The regions hit by the storms are recovering to various degrees. We all thought that the third quarter would see a pause because of the storms’ devastation. However, with a preliminary reading of 3.0% economic growth, a lot of forecasters were surprised. What this number tells us is […]

Trick or Treat

October 31, 2017 We rarely get to publish on Halloween (technically once every seven years) and thus we could not resist the headline. There are many theories about the origins of Halloween and evidence of somewhat similar practices go back as far as the Middle Ages. Like other holidays in the United States, Halloween has […]

The Market’s Passion

October 24, 2017 Sure, the stock market has risen for over eight years. But the run which started in October of 2016 is quite extraordinary, to say the least. Usually when bull markets get older, they fluctuate and run out of steam, but this one seems to have gotten quite a second wind. The question […]

Where’s the Beef?

October 17, 2017 During the past month or so, interest rates, oil prices and even gold prices have been rising. The stock market has been moving upward steadily as well, though stocks have been moving up for many years now and accelerating for the past year. With the Federal Reserve Board raising short-term rates and […]