Last week, Russia invaded Ukraine.
Russian President Vladimir Putin’s decision ignited the biggest military conflict in Europe since World War II. The war is
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When Shakespeare wrote this line in the legendary play Hamlet, perhaps he really meant to write: should I contribute to a traditional or a Roth IRA? Or maybe he
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Investors’ appetite for risk diminished as the Russian threat to Ukraine intensified...
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A lot of people think they will never need skilled nursing care and if they do that Medicare will take care of it and do not need to worry. This is often due to
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Why did stock markets in the United States finish the week lower?
If this were Jeopardy, acceptable answers to that question might include...
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A rosy view through the rearview mirror.
To say that economists did not have great expectations for the January employment report might be understating their
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Last week, the January stock market decline was interrupted by a Friday afternoon rally.
“The S&P 500 rose 2.4 percent, its biggest one-day jump since June
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When is a barometer not a barometer?
It’s widely recognized that people do not make perfect financial decisions. In fact, many investors rely on mental
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Technology has made many processes easier, and Life Insurance is no exception. Gone are the days of lots of paper and confusing applications and forms
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Is the economy doing well, or not?
If you skimmed the headlines last week, you may have seen that retail sales – the purchases we make from stores in-person or
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Inflation met expectations.
When the Bureau of Labor Statistics released the Consumer Price Index (CPI) last week, it showed that inflation was at
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Investors look to the future.
Last week, employment and manufacturing data confirmed that the United States economy continued to strengthen in
