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The Week Ahead – New Kids on the Block

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.

Congrats to Patrick Reed for winning his first major at the Masters Tournament! What an amazing finish as he held off Rickie Fowler and Jordan Spieth to capture his first green jacket. And boy have the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim found a new dual-threat stud, rookie Shohei Ohtani! As a pitcher..

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Investments & Economy The Week Ahead Grow

The Week Ahead – Azaleas

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.

Apologies for the later-than-normal update; while I wish I could say I was in San Antonio watching the NCAA Men's Final Four, I was actually out with a cold. Congrats to the Villanova Wildcats and the Notre Dame Fighting Irish for winning their respective NCAA tournaments! Exciting games, much..

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Tax planning – Cyber Security Edition: Spring 2018

Keep your data cyber safe

Benjamin Franklin famously said, “In this world nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes.” The Internal Revenue Service could now add a third certainty, “scams,” to this quote because of the increasing attempts to swindle taxpayers. When Franklin originally penned this in his letter to French physicist Jan-Baptiste Leroy, the United States Postal Service was only 14 years old and mostly delivering mail..

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