by Tony Van Gelder | May 19, 2023 | Congress, Financial Planning, Issues that effect todays Market, Uncategorized, Weekly Financial Thought
Blog “Debt Ceiling Showdown” I thought this recent article from Capital Group did a good job summarizing the debt ceiling issues and what, if anything, investors should be doing as a result. Unfortunately, the reality is that we’ve been here before in...
by Tony Van Gelder | May 5, 2023 | Financial Planning, Investing, Issues that effect todays Market, Weekly Financial Thought
Blog “Is Cash King Yet Again?” The rapid and parabolic rise of interest rates throughout 2022 and into 2023 has meant that there are finally alternatives to investing only into high growth stocks. For so much of the bull run in 2020 and 2021, the alternatives...
by Tony Van Gelder | Apr 28, 2023 | Investing, Investing Goals, Issues that effect todays Market, Uncategorized, Weekly Financial Thought
Blog “Uncertainty is the Only Certainty” If you keep up with the news on a daily basis, it’s hard not to notice the constant fluctuation and turmoil on a geopolitical and financial front. Whether it is increasing interest rates, persistent inflation, or...
by Tony Van Gelder | Apr 14, 2023 | Issues that effect todays Market, Uncategorized, Weekly Financial Thought
Blog “Positive But Cautious” The start to 2023 has certainly been a welcome reprieve from the difficult market of 2022. In the first quarter of 2023, the S&P 500 is up roughly 7% and GDP is expected to have grown around 2.0%. These are great figures and...
by Tony Van Gelder | Mar 31, 2023 | Financial Planning, Issues that effect todays Market, Weekly Financial Thought
Blog Current Monetary Policy from the Federal Reserve This week’s post comes straight to you from Brian Wesbury who is the chief economist at First Trust. I appreciated his unique outlook and focus on the money supply vs. simply talking about interest...
by Tony Van Gelder | Mar 24, 2023 | Financial Planning, Investing, Investing Goals, Issues that effect todays Market, Uncategorized, Weekly Financial Thought
Blog 2022 was Tough; What’s the Outlook for 2023? Investors just went through one of the toughest investment years in history. This was quite a change from 2019, 2020, and 2021 which saw strong stock and bond returns despite the pandemic. The question on...
