Yusuf Abugideiri, CFP, Author at Yeske Buie

Bond Returns Have Been a Bust – What Gives?

Posted Dec. 09, 2021

If you’re a Client of Yeske Buie and you’ve been keeping tabs on the bonds in your financial accounts over the past year, you’ve probably noticed the returns have been… less than stellar. Through the end of November, the primary bond fund we use (DFGBX,...

Topics: Economy and Investing

Inflation – Still Not Spooked (Seriously)

Posted Oct. 14, 2021

Yet again – inflation is the economic topic du jour after this month’s year-over-year CPI reading clocked in at 5.4%, an increase of 0.4% since last month. We touched on this during our webinar at the end of last month – we tend to agree...

Topics: Economy and Investing

How to Enjoy Retirement Without Going Broke – A Policy-Based Response

Posted Sep. 16, 2021

Peter Coy’s post in the Opinion section of the New York Times titled “How to Enjoy Retirement Without Going Broke” opens with a quote from William Sharpe, Nobel laureate and famous economist, who describes the puzzle of figuring out how much a retiree can spend...

Topics: Financial Planning

Medicare: Making Enrollment Make Sense

Posted Sep. 06, 2021

While one’s 65th birthday no longer signifies reaching the “Full Retirement Age” milestone for Social Security benefits, turning 65 still has a unique perk – gaining eligibility for Medicare. Being eligible for the program, however, doesn’t mean that it’s easy to decipher the best course...

Topics: Financial Planning

How Much Does a Dollar Cost?

Posted Aug. 05, 2021

How much does a dollar cost? The answer varies depending on your interpretation of the question. According to the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, physical dollars cost 7.5 cents to print. Note that two-dollar bills cost the same amount to print, which...

Topics: Economy and Investing

Risky Business: When Bonds Act Like Stocks

Posted Jul. 08, 2021

Clients sometimes ask us why we don’t recommend carrying municipal bonds in their portfolios, often in response to learning about the tax advantages of owning them or perhaps after hearing about relatively higher yields in the municipal bond market. Before sharing our rationale, let’s first...

Topics: Economy and Investing

Inflation (yep, again) – An Investigation of Three Charts

Posted Jun. 10, 2021

Here we go again. Today, the Bureau of Labor Statistics released its reading on the inflation rate over the past 12 months. The Consumer Price Index (CPI) rose by 5% (4.7% expected), the largest increase since 2008. Core CPI, which accounts for the price increase...

Topics: Economy and Investing

‘Inflation is Coming! Inflation is Coming!’ How Yeske Buie has Positioned Clients’ Portfolios to be Protected

Posted May. 13, 2021

Well, as we said a month ago, everyone’s talking about it, and that’s certainly still true today: inflation is seemingly on everyone’s mind. Writing for the Wall Street Journal last week, James Mackintosh is one of many in the media ringing the inflation alarm bells...

Topics: Economy and Investing

Our Bubble Rebuttal

Posted Apr. 29, 2021

We thought this piece – “Wild Market Ride Lifts Everything from Lumber to Stocks to Bitcoin” - that ran in The Wall Street Journal did a nice job summarizing some of the perspectives investors have about current market conditions. We’ve highlighted some of the article’s...

Topics: Economy and Investing

The Elephant in the Economic Recovery Room

Posted Apr. 15, 2021

It. feels. like. everyone. is. talking. about. it. What is “it”, you might ask? Inflation, of course. As the world’s economies recover and the US economy continues its return to its pre-COVID form, policy-makers, investors and economists have set their eyes on inflation as one...

Topics: Economy and Investing

Author: Yusuf Abugideiri, CFP

Bond Returns Have Been a Bust – What Gives?

Inflation – Still Not Spooked (Seriously)

How to Enjoy Retirement Without Going Broke – A Policy-Based Response

Medicare: Making Enrollment Make Sense

How Much Does a Dollar Cost?

Risky Business: When Bonds Act Like Stocks

Inflation (yep, again) – An Investigation of Three Charts

‘Inflation is Coming! Inflation is Coming!’ How Yeske Buie has Positioned Clients’ Portfolios to be Protected

Our Bubble Rebuttal

The Elephant in the Economic Recovery Room

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