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What a year 2022 was in markets (one could say the same about 2021, or 2020, or…but we digress). Stocks around the world took a beating. As we look forward into 2023, we find no shortage of ink being spilt about the gloom we’ve survived...
Topics: Economy and Investing

The SECURE Act 2.0 is here. It’s part of the 4,000+ page New Year’s gift to us all that was signed into law on December 29, 2022 by President Biden, also known as the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2023. SECURE stands for Setting Every Community...
Topics: Financial Planning

Welcome to our most-viewed posts of 2022. It was a challenging year for markets and the economy for a number of reasons, including uncertainty around inflation and interest rates. Congruently, our commentary on these topics was most popular with our visitors. We were pleased to...
Topics: TheLiveBigWay® Digest

Back in August of 2015 and again in April of 2019, we offered the Weekend Chart Challenge as a way to try to put the volatility we were experiencing into perspective. And here we are again. The last few years have been full of downs...
Topics: Economy and Investing

We’ve been talking about (and perhaps agonizing over) the same headlines all year, and what a year it’s been. As we head into the final quarter of 2022, we thought we’d spend a few minutes reflecting on how the third quarter unfolded. We share a...
Topics: Economy and Investing, Webinars and Videos

Winter is Coming We’ve been talking about (and perhaps agonizing over) the same headlines all year, and what a year it’s been. As we head into the final quarter of 2022, we thought we’d spend a few minutes reflecting on how the third quarter unfolded....
Topics: TheLiveBigWay® Digest

Wow - what a quarter for financial markets around the world. Before we dive into what we’ve been seeing in recent weeks, let’s rewind to the beginning of the summer.  Back in June, the Fed’s decision to raise interest rates more aggressively than anticipated (in...
Topics: Economy and Investing

Soundbite: Replay - Resilience With markets roiled by fears of inflation, rising interest rates, and all the unknowns of the ongoing war in Ukraine, we thought we’d share a brief perspective on what it all means and the most productive lens through which to view...
Topics: TheLiveBigWay® Digest