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The Week Ahead – Musical Chairs

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.

The minutes from the October/November FOMC meeting revealed a little more concern about both low inflation and financial stability. Once again the minutes noted that core inflation remained soft and attributed the suppressed results as temporary and reflected idiosyncratic factors. While the FOMC..

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Investments & Economy The Week Ahead Grow

The Week Ahead – Cornucopia

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.

With Thanksgiving coming up there is always much to be thankful for: family, friends, and health are a few that come to mind. Growing up I was always tasked with putting together a cornucopia as the center piece for Thanksgiving dinner. The Merriam-Webster dictionary defines Cornucopia as:

  1. A..
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The Week Ahead – ANTS with FANGS

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.

The 2017 Hollywood blockbuster this year has been ANTS with FANGS! No this isn’t related to Sharknado and you haven’t seen this movie in theatres but rather within the stock market for much of this year. The FANG stocks are well known, Facebook, Amazon, Netflix, and Google (now Alphabet). The..

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