Advisory Notes
September 2024 – Third Quarter in Review
As fall rolls in and we say goodbye to summer, the third quarter has created some fireworks.
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July 2024 – Second Quarter in Review
As we head into the second half of 2024, we see inflation moderating towards the 3% mark from the highs of 10% eighteen months ago.
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March 2024 – First Quarter Report
The first quarter of 2024 was full of tepid enthusiasm.
Bull and Bear Bulletin
Bull and Bear Bulletin - November 2024
Six and and a half years ago, a Bull & Bear was written about using sign-up bonuses offered by credit card companies to pay for free vacations.
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Bull and Bear Bulletin - September 2024
At September’s Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) meeting, monetary authorities reduced the current short-term policy rate of 5.5% by 50 basis points.
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Bull and Bear Bulletin - June 2024
The stock market has added another 12% of returns following last year’s strong performance, partially fueled by expectations of eventual rate cuts by the Federal Reserve.
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Bull and Bear Bulletin - May 2024
At the end of last year, markets as well as the Federal Reserve were signaling an end to rate hikes and were beginning to price in a series of cuts to the short-term policy rate.
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Bull and Bear Bulletin - March 2024
Recently, there has been increased speculation about when the Fed might cut the short-term interest rate.
Tax Titbits
Beneficial Ownership Information Reminder
In 2021, Congress enacted the Corporate Transparency Act. This law creates Beneficial Ownership Information (BOI) reporting requirement as part of the government of the United States efforts to make it harder for bad actors to hide or benefit from their ill-gotten gains through shell companies or other opaque ownership structures.