The Wealth Blog

Over the past week, our nation has taken extraordinary measures in order to slow and stop the spread of COVID-19. It’s incredibly unsettling. Many restaurants…

The Fed didn’t (couldn’t) wait until its scheduled Wednesday meeting. Instead, it acted Sunday afternoon. The Fed slashed its key rate 1-percentage point to 0…

The week began with news that Saudi Arabia plans to cut the price of oil and ramp up production, which sent oil prices down sharply…

In light of recent market conditions, we wanted to share some of our favorite insights from different experts in the finance industry. The first insight…

The DJIA and S&P 500 Index are down over 20% from their respective peaks. We have entered a bear market. Two things we know: Bear…

With concerns over the markets, we wanted to share some points with our clients: The following proved to be useful over similar past circumstances: Stay…

The S&P 500 Index2 lost 7.6% on Monday. It tops the 6.7% one-day selloff on Aug 8, 2011 and was the biggest one-day decline since…

On Tuesday morning, the Federal Reserve slashed the fed funds rate by 0.5 percentage points to 1.00-1.25%. It was the first intra-meeting rate cut since…

Since 2009, there have been 16 pullbacks in the S&P 500 Index2 ranging from 5% to nearly 20% (CNBC). From 1974 – 2020, we’ve had…

Investors took a sanguine stance when the coronavirus was contained to China. Last weekend (Feb. 22/23), headlines surfaced the virus had spread to Italy, South…

When the coronavirus was contained to China, investors mostly brushed aside concerns. More recently, some major firms have begun to reduce revenue/profit forecasts in response…

When the coronavirus was contained to China, investors more or less brushed aside concerns – modest volatility, with the S&P 500 Index setting 7 new…