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Are you evaluating a Financial Advisor? Here are 10 questions that should be asked before you hire an advisor. The right advisor will welcome every one of these. The wrong one will deflect. Hiring a financial advisor is one of the most consequential decisions you'll make with your money. Before you sign anything, ask these ten questions, and pay close attention to how directly each one gets answered. 1. Are you a fiduciary 100% of the time? Not "sometimes." Not "when it appli

As we turn the page into the first quarter, the economy feels a bit like a driver easing back onto the highway after a long construction zone. The road is open again, visibility is improving, but no one is flooring the gas pedal just yet. And that’s not a bad thing. Over the past couple of years, investors have been conditioned to react quickly — to inflation headlines, rate hikes, geopolitical noise, and sudden market swings. Entering Q1, the dominant theme isn’t urgency.

Economy – GDP Last quarter we reduced our economic growth outlook for the US from 2.8% for the year to a range of 2.2 – 2.5%. We aren’t...

At the beginning of the year we gave the following estimates as part of our forecast for the 2019 year: U.S. GDP growth 2.8% 10 Year U.S....