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Expand Your View Point [With These Financial Experts]

You can physically only be in one place at a time. Now, we know there are some of you out there who think of the state lines or country borders where if you straddle them you are actually in two places at one time! Ok, we will give you that! The point we are making…

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TWO Things That Happened This Week

There were two things that happened this week we want to share so you continue to learn how investments work! First, you may have heard that Apple had an event this week! What has become normal for Apple is to update many of their current devices with new or better features. To investors this is…

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Financial Design Studio Financial Recession

Do You Remember Where You Were Financially In The Recession?

Be encouraged! The market has made a strong comeback in the first three months of this year! This should bring some excitement. Christmas season last year may have been discouraging because the market had spiraled down losing the strong gains from the previous nine months. But now we’re back to seeing growth again. Now, let’s…

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Does The Market Affect Your Happiness?

Remember the saying “If momma ain’t happy, ain’t nobody happy”? This seems to resonate closely with investors. If the market ain’t happy, ain’t nobody happy. After a strong first quarter of the market performing higher and coming back from the end of 2018 lows investors were starting to feel more confident. With a few days…

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Financial Design Studio Global Trade Tension

Is Global Trade Tension Progress Already Priced In?

When investing, people consider what may happen in the future regarding an investment. There are so many things you can think (related to your conviction) about for finally making the investment. Today, an item we need to consider together is whether the global trade tension with China is already priced in. What does it mean…

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Waiting For Fed & Trade Tension Direction

From trade tension to the Fed, the best way to describe this week’s market movement is simply with the word patience. The Fed Slowing Economy We learned from the Fed that they are watching economic data to point toward any interest rate changes or balance sheet changes needed ahead. This is welcome news to investors….

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