by Cliff Jarvis | Sep 21, 2017 | Economy
I thought I would do a review of recent earnings of the S&P 500. Recall that earnings* for the 500 largest U.S. companies, the S&P 500, are reported in two ways. The first is GAAP (Generally Accepted Accounting Principles) earnings. This number is the one...
by Michael Lecours | May 18, 2017 | Economy, Saving, Saving for College
With all of our clients who have children, planning for college expenses is the one of the biggest concerns that keeps them up at night. Retirement planning may be a bigger issue in the long term, but the children will be going to college a lot sooner than their...
by Cliff Jarvis | Apr 12, 2017 | Economy
Final 4th quarter GDP came in at 2.1% leaving the 2016 growth rate at 1.6%. The Atlanta District of the Federal Reserve is predicting less than 1% growth for the 1st quarter of 2017. That is not good. Despite this, the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve in...
by Michael Lecours | Oct 10, 2016 | Economy, Finding Confidence, Politics & the Economy, Uncategorized
Republicans and Democrats each make strong and compelling arguments as to why their approach and strategy will be better than their opponent. The media, think tanks, and experts are constantly making solid arguments for one candidate or the other. And in many cases...
by Michael Lecours | Oct 1, 2016 | Economy, Finding Confidence, Investment Behavior, Politics & the Economy, Uncategorized
We can’t help but hear about the election on the news. And when it comes to each candidates economic policies, we are quick to imagine how it will affect our investments. We assume that Trump’s determination to bring jobs back to the US could boost US stock prices and...
by Michael Lecours | Aug 17, 2016 | Economy, Uncategorized
Recently we introduced The Money Management Tool to help clients better organize their financial lives. The tool has lots of features and we will occasional explain how some of the features are being used by our clients (or should be used) to help them reach their...
