Now that both major parties have wrapped up their conventions and we enter the home stretch of the presidential election race, you may start to see suggestions about how the presidential election cycle affects the markets. Some will say the months leading up to the election is a good time for markets and other folks will say the opposite! So, is there anything we can learn from this cycle that can help with investment decision making?
The risks associated with daily transactions grow. Take action! Here are 5 things you can do to help prevent damage to your credit, assets or identity.
Fear has replaced greed as the motivator for investment decisions & folks are stressed. What can be done to prevent a financial meltdown?
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It always saddens me when trusting investors get scammed. No matter how many Ponzi schemes and investment frauds occur, people still get taken advantage of, most of the time unnecessarily.
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I recently celebrated my 30th Anniversary in this business. It’s actually been a lot longer, but I don’t count my years as a commodity broker.
If you have a child going off to college this fall, and they are over the age of 18, don’t say goodbye until you have taken a simple step to avoid potential disaster.
At last week’s meeting of the Federal Reserve Board, they announced that they would be increasing interest rates for the second time this year and that they intended to increase rates 2 more times before the year is over. That would be a total of 4 increases, instead of the 3 that were anticipated by Wall Street. Considering how long we have lived in a super low interest rate environment, many people are worried that rising rates will undermine our economy and be a catalyst for drops in the stock, bond and real estate markets.
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In 2017 I heard from more clients, associates and friends about being scammed or nearly scammed. Over the past three or four months, there has been a major increase in scams, viruses, ransomware attacks and identity theft schemes. Given the current state of affairs, I would expect there to be many more, and more sophisticated, threats to surface in the upcoming year. Those who take a few minutes now to plan and protect what you have worked so hard to create, will likely safeguard their wealth from the variety of threats out there.
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