The Fed finally made a rate cut, and this one was big. Is this going to be a positive thing for the stock market? Carson Group’s Chief Market Strategist Ryan Detrick and VP, Global Macro Strategist Sonu Varghese share their insights about what happened and what could be next for investors a …
Life insurance can be confusing. It’s a protection tool for your family, but can also be an investment tool. Your beneficiaries get the payout when you die, but you can draw funds from it while you’re still alive.
U.S. GDP surged an annualized 6.4% in the first quarter (Figure 1). Two rounds of government stimulus helped the economy climb within 0.9% of its all-time high. If expected growth is included, the economy remains 3.7% below pre-COVID trends. Personal income jumped 21.1% from February as a …
Kevin Engbers, CFP®, Founder, Wealth Advisor revisits the basic financial lessons that are important to remember, but easy to forget when they aren’t always top of mind. Are you further behind than you’d like to be in terms of accumulating savings or paying down debt? Do you simply want to …
There is a strong premium on earning a college degree, perhaps driven by previous generations who witnessed the power of education. But you may find yourself receiving a student loan bill every month, even now as you contemplate sending your kids to college. Though an education continues to …
Written By: Nik Aamlid My children love escalators. Whereas most parents will bring their kids to the store and be greeted with the question, “Can we buy something?,” our kids ask, “Do they have those sliding stairs?” Despite our repeated efforts not to allow it, they find it particularl …
S&P 500 earnings are exceeding elevated expectations. Before earnings season began, S&P 500 earnings were expected to grow 23.6% as businesses rallied from lower earnings during the COVID shutdowns from one year ago. Based on the first quarter of companies reporting, earnings are n …
