6 Reasons Annuities Should Be Part of Your Retirement Plan in 2024

6 Reasons Annuities Should Be Part of Your Retirement Plan in 2024

When setting up your financial retirement plan, you’ll likely consider various options for how you plan on covering the bills in your golden years. With soaring inflation and aggressive rate hikes from the Fed, annuities have become more popular recently, as those...

Weekly Market Commentary

Weekly Market Commentary – 1/12/2024 -Darren Leavitt, CFA US Markets gained ground in the second week of 2024, attributed to mega-cap issues in the Information Technology and Communication Services sectors.  The Equal-weight S&P 500 was up 0.2%, while the...
Retired or Nearly Retired? 2024 Is the Time to Focus on Risk Reduction

Retired or Nearly Retired? 2024 Is the Time to Focus on Risk Reduction

“The future ain’t what it used to be,” the inimitable Yogi Berra once said. Yogi knew the future is unpredictable. No one in 2019 could have predicted a devastating worldwide pandemic in 2020. Nevertheless, we can look to the past for hints on how the next year may...

Weekly Market Commentary

Weekly Market Commentary – 1/5/2024 -Darren Leavitt, CFA After nine weeks of gains, the market fell in the first week of trading in 2024.  Interestingly, the losses incurred this week largely came from areas of the market that outperformed last year, namely...