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See our recap of October's key statistics and market commentary below.  Noteworthy Numbers 4.55 The yield on the U.S. 2 Year Treasury peaked at 4.55% in October before finishing the month at 4.51%. This is its highest level since August 2007. 14.07 T...

When the new Social Security benefit amounts and qualified retirement plan limits are announced in early fall each year, usually not all of them will rise in any given year because of how the limits are rounded down to the next lower multiple. Due to...

Last week, CEO Sandy Wiggins joined Bill Fitzgerald of CBS6 to discuss the current volatility in the market. Check out the video below for the full interview. You can also click here to see CBS6's write-up of the interview. 

See our recap of September's key statistics and market commentary below.  Noteworthy Numbers 3 The Federal Reserve increased the Federal Funds Rate by 75 basis points to 3.00% in September; this is the highest the benchmark rate has been since Januar...

See our recap of August's key statistics and market commentary below.  Noteworthy Numbers 11.2 The Job Opening and Labor Turnover Survey, commonly known as JOLTS, showed that there were 11.2 million job openings in July, and only 5.6 million looking ...

See our recap of July's key statistics and market commentary below.  Noteworthy Numbers 9.22% The S&P 500 had a total return of 9.22% in July, the best monthly return since November 2020. -0.9% U.S. GDP declined at an annualized rate of 0.9% in t...

See our recap of June's key statistics and market commentary below.  Noteworthy Numbers 1970 The last time the S&P 500 lost so much in the first half of any year was in 1970. The S&P 500 has declined 19.96% so far in 2022 as inflation, the Fe...

See our recap of May's key statistics and market commentary below.  Noteworthy Numbers 6.6% The S&P 500 enjoyed a 6.6% return in the final full week of May, its best weekly return since November 2020. The rally helped the index avoid officially c...

Many years ago, along with the birth of ERISA (Employee Retirement Income Security Act), a famous “rock” group posed a great question with the song lyrics “What’s The World Coming To?” With all that’s happening today, the question may now be apropos ...

See our recap of April's key statistics and market commentary below.  Noteworthy Numbers 14.98% The S&P 500 Value has outperformed the S&P 500 Growth by 14.98% through the first four months of 2022, a striking reversal from the trend seen in ...