Tag Archives: retirement

16 Jul

Bulls Pause as Inflation Takes a Hike

July 16th, 2021 Markets started the week on a high note, with the S&P 500 hitting another record high during Monday’s trading session. Unfortunately, the enthusiasm was short-lived as investors digested the week’s news. Surging prices for used cars, gasoline, food, and airfares pushed consumer prices higher by 5.40% from year ago levels in June. Producer…

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09 Jul

Markets Shrug Off Suggestion of Peak Growth

July 9th, 2021 Hot off a long Fourth of July weekend, market bulls were primed to take markets to new highs. They did just that on both Wednesday and Friday on enthusiasm that the U.S. economy is bouncing back strongly from Covid-19. Air travel hit a post-pandemic high during the five-day holiday weekend with the…

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25 Jun

No Fireworks but Markets Hit 33rd All-Time High of the Year

June 25, 2021 Markets rocketed to yet another record high this week on a string of announcements from Capitol Hill and safe economic data. After months of discussions, Wall Street cheered news that a bipartisan group of Democrats and Republicans had struck an agreement for a $1 trillion infrastructure deal early Thursday. The stripped-down proposal…

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