THE WEEK IN REVIEW: Jan. 30 - Feb. 5, 2022
• Meta’s faceplant!
• The jobs conundrum and the Fed

THE WEEK IN REVIEW: Oct. 24 - 30
• Screeching to a halt!
• Markets bound upward while Facebook gives itself a facelift

THE WEEK IN REVIEW: Oct. 10 - 16
• Earnings keeping supply chain and inflation concerns at bay — for now
• Biden policy decisions begin to take hold
• Fed drops the "transitory" label from inflation and clarifies taper plans

The benefits of lifelong planning and saving are the purposeful equivalent to Charles Darwin’s theory of the survival of the fittest.3 In other words, if you entered retirement with reliable sources of income, a portion of your investment portfolio allocated for growth and appropriate safety nets, your likelihood of surviving a crisis — be it a stock market crash, a global pandemic or extreme weather events (all of which occurred in 2020) — could potentially increase. With that in mind, if you’d like to shore up your financial portfolio for the future, please give us a call.

Oil prices are influenced by supply and demand, and 2020 was a great demonstration of this principle. With global and local shutdowns due to the spread of the coronavirus, there was less demand for products and services.

As the Social Security Trust Fund approaches its expiration date, many existing entities are offering helpful suggestions for funding alternatives. For example, the Association of Mature American Citizens (AMAC) recommends a combination of changing how cost of living adjustments are made, delaying retirement age and updating the delayed credit strategy.