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E-commerce booms with record sales; brick-and-mortar lags but reflects resilient consumer spending. And we keep seeing record market closes. Dave Spano and Brian Jacobsen present our Week-in-Review. …
A decent week of economic data. Brian Jacobsen presents our Week-in-Review. Learn the 6 benefits of trusts and the steps to selling a business. Dave Spano and Brian discuss a tragic and expensive mi…
Election uncertainty has been replaced with policy uncertainty. Dave Spano and Brian Jacobsen present our Week-in-Review. What is the value of an advisor? Brandon Lehman, director of Annex Private Cl…
President-elect Trump is building out his cabinet while making day-one priorities clearer. Dave Spano and Brian Jacobsen present our Week-in-Review. As earnings season winds down, what are we seeing…
What might happen now that the election has concluded? Our Investment, Retirement, Tax, and Estate Planning teams share their views.
An absolute clunker of a jobs report landed Friday. Was it really that bad? Dave Spano and Brian Jacobsen discuss during our Week-in-Review. HENRY's are High Earners Not Rich Yet. Ryan Van Blarcom o…
The latest Beige Book dropped. On balance, economic activity was little changed in nearly all Districts since early September. Most districts reported declining manufacturing activity. Dave Spano an…
Retail sales showed unexpected strength in September. Meanwhile, labor strikes and hurricanes disrupted manufacturing output. Dave Spano and Brian Jacobsen present our Week-in-Review. Learn more abo…
FOMC Minutes. Everyone agreed they should cut. A "substantial majority" wanted 50 bps. "Some" wanted only 25. Dave Spano and Brian Jacobsen present our Week-in-Review. Learn more about Thursday's Wo…
Job creation roared higher in September. What does that mean for the markets? Dave Spano and Brian Jacobsen present our Week-in-Review. Companies are finalizing employee benefits for 2025 and Tom Par…
The first China Shock was in the 2000s when they joined the World Trade Organization and manufacturing jobs followed. Their slow growth has been a shock. This past week, policymakers got off their du…
Fed Chairman Jerome Powell showed he's a lawyer, talking out of both sides of his mouth. Dave Spano and Brian Jacobsen present our Week-in-Review. Also on the show, a look at the role of our Client S…
Fed is set to cut rates. Messaging will be more important than the magnitude of cuts. Dave Spano and Brian Jacobsen present our Week-in-Review. The number of 401k millionaires is up again. How do th…
At a corporate-level, things weren't horrible. In fact, earnings have been generally better than expected. Brian Jacobsen presents our Week-in-Review including coverage of Friday's jobs number. We'll…
Nvidia's earnings were supposed to be "make or break" for the markets. Their earnings were good, but their forecast was a little light. Dave Spano and Brian Jacobsen present our Week-in-Review with …
The highly-anticipated Jackson Hole Fed meeting did not disappoint. CEO Dave Spano and Chief Economist Brian Jacobsen discuss in Week In Review. Also: Don't let a bad 401(k) presentation derail you f…
Underlying trend is towards decent, but slower growth. We'll discuss during our Week-in-Review. Also, Destination Retirement, Are We There Yet returns Tuesday and Deanne Phillips has a preview. Ask A…
A review of the rebound. Earnings to the rescue! Dave Spano and Brian Jacobsen present the week-in-review. Learn more about our upcoming Sandwich Generation presentation and Matt Morzy and Fred Cole…
The bigger they are, the harder they fall. The Mag 7 is more like Meh. Dave Spano and Brian Jacobsen present our Week-in-Review. The last thing you want to do is get to the retirement phase of your l…
GDP growth was good, not great, but it doesn't need to be. Dave Spano and Brian Jacobsen present the Week-in-Review. What are the 6 money lies we tell ourselves---and why is the 7th the most importan…