Bill’s Blog
Geopolitics, Inflation, and Consumer Sentiment
Just as the market anticipated, the Federal Reserve chose not to raise interest rates last week. However, Fed officials made it clear another rate increase might be necessary before the end of 2023…
Interest Rates, Secure 2.0, and Catch-Up Contributions
Just as the market anticipated, the Federal Reserve chose not to raise interest rates last week. However, Fed officials made it clear another rate increase might be necessary before the end of 2023…
The Fed: An Economic Counterweight
The Markets If you’ve ever waited in traffic while the center section of a bridge lifts to allow ships and sailboats to pass underneath, you may have noticed...
The Markets & Homeownership
The Markets & Homeownership The Markets Higher bond yields may be good for income investors for the first time in many years. After more than a decade of...
The Markets and Mushrooms!
The Markets ReboundTo the great relief of the Federal Reserve, the American economy has been experiencing a slowdown in the rate of inflation. For example, we...
The Growing Popularity of AI
Artificial IntelligenceArtificial Intelligence is traveling on a fast train. Investors are enthusiastic about AI. Late last year, an AI research lab...
Everything’s Up! Rates, Jobs, the Markets, and the National Debt
SurpriseRecently, the continued strength and resilience of the labor market was a revelation. The Federal Reserve has raised rates 10 times over the last 14...
Earnings Season
The Markets - It's Better Than ExpectedIt’s earnings season – the time when publicly traded companies report on how profitable they were during the first...
Easter, The Masters, Spring, and Blooming Flowers!
The MarketsCurrent economic conditions can be interpreted in different ways. Recent data and a possible credit crunch, resulting from the upheaval in the...
Golf vs. Investing
The MarketsSpring has arrived and Jon Rahm just became the fourth golfer from Spain to win the green jacket at The Masters! So let’s talk golf for a moment....