Weekly Market Commentary 11-30-2020
Submitted by The Wealth Consulting Group on November 30th, 2020Weekly Market Commentary
November 30, 2020
The Markets
Last week, vaccine optimism immunized investors against signs of economic weakness.
Weekly Market Commentary
November 30, 2020
The Markets
Last week, vaccine optimism immunized investors against signs of economic weakness.
Weekly Market Commentary
November 23, 2020
The Markets
The U.S. economy is like a semi-trailer truck. No one likes being stuck behind a semi at a stoplight because big trucks don’t go from zero to 60 in 2.5 seconds. Neither does the U.S. economy.
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Coronavirus & Life Underwriting
November 15, 2020
The Coronavirus has impacted every aspect of life in 2020. Social distancing, face-covering mandates, and limits on gatherings are a part of daily life. Businesses have transformed the way they serve their customers and how their employees work. All of this is true for Life Insurance Companies and their employees, but the Coronavirus has presented them with additional challenges regarding how they underwrite individuals for life insurance.
Weekly Market Commentary
November 16, 2020
The Markets
Vaccine can be a powerful word. It’s worth 14 points in Scrabble (42 on a triple word square) and, last week, it was worth a whole lot more than that to financial markets.
Weekly Market Commentary
November 9, 2020
The Markets
It’s said markets hate uncertainty, but that wasn’t the case last week.
Despite tremendous uncertainty about the outcome of the United States election, major domestic and international stock indices moved higher and the CBOE Volatility Index, better known as Wall Street’s fear gauge, moved 35 percent lower. Ben Levisohn of Barron’s reported:
With COVID rocking the employment landscape for job-seekers, some women have taken this opportunity to reinvent themselves and take charge of their own financial futures by launching a business. Entrepreneurship is one of the most consistent paths to wealth, though it doesn't come without some pitfalls, particularly in these uncertain times.