Taking stock of stocks

Most people know stocks are key to building a successful investing strategy, but few people understand the depth and variety of the stocks available to investors. With something like 10,000 publicly traded companies, a big part of investing involves sorting and filtering through those choices. Even broad index funds don’t cover all 10,000 available offerings. […]

Monthly Market Update – February 2024

Labor market, CPI and the Feds The jobs market continues to show remarkable resilience. In January, there were 353,000 new jobs added, the largest increase in one year(1). Wages also grew by 0.6%, giving consumers a boost in their inflation-adjusted spending power. Treasury yields surged immediately following the strong job report, reinforcing the Federal Reserve’s […]