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This Wednesday marks the 10 year Anniversary of the Bull Market that started on March 6th<\/sup>, 2009. On that infamous day, the S&P 500 closed @ 666. Today we\u2019re at approximately 2800.<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n This week\u2019s Blog will not serve as a reflection of the past 10 years, well, because it\u2019s the past. What\u2019s most important to Investors is what\u2019s going to happen this week, next month, next year and so on.<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n The only comment I\u2019ll make about March 6, 2009, is that I hope your Asset Allocation\/Rebalancing was appropriate to your financial situation back then and I certainly hope that today, your money is positioned specifically based on your need for current\/future retirement income and an enjoyable retirement.<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n US Equity Markets were mostly higher last week, with the Dow rising .02%, the S&P 500 up .39%, the Nasdaq Composite rising .90% and the Russell 2000 down a slight (.03%).<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Bond Yields rose as the 10 year US Treasury yield finished last Friday with a yield of 2.75%, up from the prior week of 2.65%.<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n International Markets were mixed, with the MSCI EAFE International Index up .78% and the MSCI Emerging Market Index down (1.28%).<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n The US Economy looks to have grown by 2.9% in 2018, up from 2.2% in 2017. I believe the rise in 2018 is attributable to increasing Corporate Earnings, a low unemployment rate, increasing wages, deregulation and lower corporate and personal income taxes. Most prognosticators are predicting between 2% and 2.5% growth for 2019. Not many people are expecting a contraction in GDP in 2019. As always, time will tell!<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Medicare: <\/strong>The 2 basic parts of Medicare are Part A (Hospitalization) and Part B (Medical Services). Many Medicare Beneficiaries choose to supplement Parts A & B with a Medicare Supplement (Medigap) policy.<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n If you have Parts A and B with a Medicare Supplement and you have a hospital stay. Which parts of Medicare will pay your bill and who will pay first?\u00a0 <\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n a) Part B will pay first, and your Medicare Supplement will pay second.<\/span><\/p>\n b) Part A will pay 100%<\/span><\/p>\n c) Part A will pay first and your Supplement will pay second.<\/span><\/p>\n d) Part B will pay 100%<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n To register for our next Medicare Planning workshop on March 26th<\/sup>, please click Medicare Workshop.<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Many people are now reading their news exclusively on a mobile phone.<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n What is the Percentage of adults, age 65 plus that are now receiving their news via a mobile phone?<\/span><\/p>\n a) 25%<\/span><\/p>\n b) 50%<\/span><\/p>\n c) 75%<\/span><\/p>\n d) 67%<\/span><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n The correct answer is:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n d) 67%. The trend seems to moving higher with more and more people obtaining news on-line versus print. I do enjoy the newspaper, especially on weekends.<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Bull Market Happy 10 Year Anniversary This Wednesday marks the 10 year Anniversary of the Bull Market that started on March 6th, 2009. On that infamous day, the S&P 500 closed @ 666. Today we\u2019re at approximately 2800. This week\u2019s Blog will not serve as a reflection of the past […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":139,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"post_statement":"","post_description":"","post_cta":"","post_button":"Read More","post_button_url":"","compliance_id":"","post_disclaimer":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.retirementrefined.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/153"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.retirementrefined.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.retirementrefined.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.retirementrefined.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.retirementrefined.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=153"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.retirementrefined.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/153\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.retirementrefined.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/139"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.retirementrefined.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=153"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.retirementrefined.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=153"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.retirementrefined.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=153"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}<\/h3>\n
Markets Last Week<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n
2018 US GDP<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n
Question of the Week<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n
Answer To Last Week\u2019s Question<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n
Please join us for our next Workshop!<\/span> <\/strong><\/h3>\n
Medicare Workshop<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n
Tuesday, March 26, 2019 \u2013 \u00a0<\/strong><\/span>6:30 pm\u20138:00 pm<\/span> <\/strong><\/h4>\n
Moorestown Community House \u2013 16 East Main Street, Moorestown, NJ\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/h4>\n
RSVP By Clicking Here:<\/span>\u00a0<\/strong><\/span>\u00a0<\/span>Register for Medicare Workshop<\/span><\/strong><\/a>.<\/span> <\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\n
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