The Retirement Report

Where to begin? I cannot recall a crazier time in the stock market. The S&P 500 index shed $5 Trillion in 2 days last week according…

The Trump Tariff Impact With the 1ˢᵗ quarter of 2025 now in the books, it is obvious investors are thinking tariffs are not going to have…

Transitory Inflation? Fed Chair Powell suggested at his Wednesday March 19ᵗʰ press conference; inflation due to tariffs may be transitory. I’m surprised the word, transitory, has…

Correction Over? The S&P 500, the Nasdaq and the Russell 2000 Small Cap Indexes all fell into “correction” territory this past week ending March 13ᵗʰ, 2025.…

Markets: Tariff Tantrum The stock market attempts to rapidly adjust prices based upon incoming information. Stocks ended last week, March 6, 2025, lower across the board…

Market Pullback Over? Last week ending, most major stock averages retreated, except the Dow. Even with Friday’s market rally, the S&P 500 ended the week off…

Government Spending & Job Cuts The Trump administration is attempting to slash as much government spending as arms can reach. On one hand, our government is…

Prices Moving Higher or Lower? Last week we received conflicting economic information reported by Barron’s Magazine ¹ . Tuesday’s Consumer Price Index (CPI) report showed a…

State of the Economy Economic and market uncertainty has heightened, with the plethora of policies being brought forth by the Trump administration. President Trump has had…