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The Week Ahead – The Straw that Broke the Camel’s Back?

Welcome to “The Week Ahead” where we take a moment to provide our thoughts on what we can expect in markets and the economy during the upcoming week.

Trade war. Tariffs. Markets down! Well, let’s take a quick look at what’s occurred over roughly the last ten years:

-Federal Reserve arranges takeover of Bear Stearns by JP Morgan Chase

-Lehman Brothers files for bankruptcy

-Congress passes TARP

-Obama is sworn in as the President of the United..

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Investments & Economy The Week Ahead Grow

The Week Ahead – Red, White, & Blue… Tried & True

Welcome to “The Week Ahead” where we take a moment to provide our thoughts on what we can expect in markets and the economy during the upcoming week.

23 Winter Olympic medals were won by the U.S.A. this year at Pyeongchang! As always, there were plenty of surprises (first ever gold in men’s curling!) and classic steady mainstays (Shaun White in the halfpipe). This past week we got a taste of another classic in the financial markets, as Warren..

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The Week Ahead – Don’t Fight the Fed

Welcome to “The Week Ahead” where we take a moment to provide our thoughts on what we can expect in markets and the economy during the upcoming week.

A bounceback week as the S&P 500 gained over 4% for the week while at the same time the 10-year U.S. Treasury yield inched up to close the week at 2.87%. With inflation being the talk of the town (besides this weekend’s NBA All-Star game, congrats to Team LeBron for an exciting game!), it’s a..

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