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Sep 1, 2018

A sector is an industry classification or grouping of companies sharing common characteristics. The most common...

Aug 1, 2018

Dividends play an important role in the total returns investors receive from their investment portfolios. The formula...

Jul 18, 2018

Most business owners possess an entrepreneurial mentality that allows them to take risks that would keep most people...

Jul 1, 2018

Planning for retirement requires you to make assumptions about your life and the world around you. Your path to...

Jun 1, 2018

In our view the case for adding international stocks to a portfolio of US stocks is the strongest seen since the market...

May 1, 2018

This report is written as an executive summary of how we have interpreted recent market, GDP and corporate earnings data...

Apr 19, 2018

At its March meeting the Federal Reserve, as widely expected, raised its benchmark interest rate by 0.25%, the sixth...

Apr 1, 2018

We are pleased to provide you with our quarterly newsletter featuring the status of our investment class weightings, our...

Mar 1, 2018

Is a convertible bond a fixed income or equity security? The answer is they can be both, but not at the same time. As...