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Enjoy our collection of articles that cover an array of personal finance topics.
Apr
25
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Understanding and Overcoming the Widow’s Penalty
Losing a spouse is one of life’s most challenging experiences, bringing not only emotional upheaval but often financial stress as well. Unfortunately, many widows face...
Apr
25
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Money with Murphy – Gold: Peak or Possibilities?
From Cleopatra’s attempts to use alchemy to turn lead into gold, to California’s gold rush that drew hundreds of thousands of fortune seekers, gold has...
Apr
17
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Q1 2024 Market Commentary
At the start of 2024, Wall Street demonstrated its resilience, experiencing a rapid rise driven by a strong economy, potential interest rate cuts, and advancements...
Apr
17
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Higher Ground: First Quarter Market Review and Outlook
Takeaways · The U.S. economy continued to show resilience despite elevated inflation and high interest rates, dampening expectations of interest-rate cuts · The broad stock...
Apr
10
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Money with Murphy: Q1 Market Review
In the first quarter of this year, the S&P 500 had an impressive start, ending the quarter up over 10%, its strongest first quarter since...
Apr
3
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Money with Murphy: Gas Prices on the Rise
Since the beginning of the year, the average price of a gallon of gas in the US has jumped 14%, denting many consumers’ wallets and...
Mar
28
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Markets in a Minute: Inflation and the Fed
Last week, the Federal Reserve announced no change to interest rates and threw water on any hopes for a rate cut at its next meeting...
Mar
27
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Navigating Election Years: Investing for the Long Haul
In the realm of financial planning, election years often bring a flurry of speculation and uncertainty. With political campaigns dominating headlines and policy proposals looming,...
Mar
20
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Markets in a Minute: Japan’s Transition Out of the Lost Decades
Why Hike Now?: Wages For most of the last 30 years, prices in Japan have grown at a rate below 2%. Then, like many countries...
Mar
12
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Money with Murphy: 4th Quarter Earnings Season
Corporate earnings grew by 4% compared to the previous year, with nearly 75% of companies reporting earnings that were better than expected. While those beat...
Mar
6
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Markets in a Minute: Supply Chain Disruptions, Again?
Beginning in the early days of Covid, supply chains around the world became snarled, making it difficult to find everything from couches to computer chips...
Feb
27
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Money with Murphy: Why You Shouldn’t Care About the Dow
The Dow Jones Industrial Average, or “The Dow”, is one of the oldest and most widely followed stock indices in the US. First published in...
