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Navigating 2025 Market Volatility: Financial Strategies for Investors

Michael Carrico April 17, 2025

Watching stock prices fall is an uncomfortable experience for investors no matter the circumstances under which it occurs. It can

Market Outlook Spring 2025

Macroeconomic Committee April 11, 2025

In our outlook for 2025, we wrote about the following factors that we thought would impact investment returns this year:

Stock Market Volatility April 2025: Tariffs and Fed News Explained

Brian Lester April 25, 2025

In recent weeks, U.S. stock market volatility has spiked to levels only reached during the early stage of the COVID-19 pandemic (Spring 2020) and the global financial crisis (2008-2009). This heightened volatility reflects investor reactions to rapidly changing political and economic developments concerning trade policy and Federal Reserve independence.

Trump’s 2025 Tariff Plan: Market Impacts and Portfolio Strategies

Sarah Swan April 4, 2025

We’ve spoken with so many clients who are feeling completely uneasy about recent market volatility and the political landscape, and

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The Gift of Simplicity: Why Consolidating Finances and Logistics Matters as We Age

Sarah Swan March 28, 2025

If my kids were old enough to read this newsletter, they’d say “Mom, all you do is lecture people, including

Street$marts: What is an Index Fund?

Eric Udvari March 21, 2025

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The Joy of Spending: The Financial Advisor’s Guide to Meaningful Wealth

Dylan Potter March 14, 2025

A Purposeful Approach to Retirement Spending

Jordan Eich February 28, 2025

Street$marts: What to Expect When Receiving an Inheritance

Michael Carrico February 21, 2025

LATEST STREET$MARTS

Street$marts: What is an Index Fund?

Eric Udvari March 21, 2025

Street$marts: What to Expect When Receiving an Inheritance

Michael Carrico February 21, 2025

LATEST Reports

Market Outlook Spring 2025

Macroeconomic Committee April 11, 2025

In our outlook for 2025, we wrote about the following factors that we thought would impact investment returns this year: Artificial Intelligence Investments and Commercialization of AI Applications, Labor Market Conditions, Inflation, and Fiscal and Monetary Policy. We provide our latest thoughts on each of these topics in this update, after a quarter characterized by a lot of market-moving news and a corresponding increase in stock market volatility.

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