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Where Did Inflation Go?

Where Did Inflation Go? Shouldn’t it be rising with all this bond buying? Consumer inflation just hit a 50-year low. So indicates the Federal Reserve’s preferred inflation gauge – the Personal Consumption Expenditures (PCE) price index maintained by the Bureau of Economic Analysis.1 Besides tracking consumer inflation, the PCE price index measures household purchases, a major factor in GDP growth. The core PCE index does the same thing without including volatile food and energy prices. The broad PCE index hit [...]

By |2017-03-28T08:17:29-04:00July 11th, 2013|Business/Economic News, Personal Finance|Comments Off on Where Did Inflation Go?

Could the Bulls Still Run Without the Fed?

Could the Bulls Still Run Without the Fed? If the central bank ceased easing, could stocks continue their ascent? Could this bull market last with less help from the Federal Reserve? Is it propped up by the Fed’s stimulus, or strong enough to sustain itself if the central bank reduces its efforts? Some factors hint that the economy and the market may have a bit more strength than assumed, even with Q2 GDP projections being tempered. The real estate comeback [...]

By |2017-03-28T08:17:29-04:00June 26th, 2013|Business/Economic News, Stock Market|Comments Off on Could the Bulls Still Run Without the Fed?

Women, Money and the Long-Term

Women, Money and the Long-Term Are you too focused on the short-term? How many short-term financial decisions do you make each week? You probably make more than a few, and they may feel routine. Yet in managing these day-to-day issues, you may be drawn away from making the long-term money decisions that could prove vital to your financial well-being.  How many long-term financial decisions have you made for yourself? How steadily have you saved and planned for retirement? Have you [...]

By |2017-03-28T08:17:29-04:00June 14th, 2013|Personal Finance, Women & Finances|Comments Off on Women, Money and the Long-Term

Protecting Yourself While Shopping Online

Protecting Yourself While Shopping Online What steps should you take? Whether you shop online routinely or infrequently, the risk of identity theft rises as you offer more and more information about yourself online. Don’t use a debit card, and use only one credit card. If your debit card gets hacked, the thieves may be able to access your bank account. But if you use just one credit card for online shopping, you’ll just have one card to cancel if your [...]

By |2017-03-28T08:17:29-04:00May 31st, 2013|Financial Fitness, Personal Finance|Comments Off on Protecting Yourself While Shopping Online

Has “Sell in May” Gone Away?

Has “Sell in May” Gone Away? Investors aren’t yet backing out of stocks this spring. Healthy skepticism hasn’t motivated much selling. An old belief has lingered on Wall Street for years – the belief that investors should get out of stocks in May and get back into stocks in October. But here we are in May – and while analysts are wondering how much more upward progress stocks can make, gains are still occurring. On May 9, the S&P 500 [...]

By |2017-03-28T08:17:30-04:00May 17th, 2013|Business/Economic News, Investing|Comments Off on Has “Sell in May” Gone Away?
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