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Kyle Carlton: Sep 10, 2022 6:00:00 AM
There have not been any meaningful new developments in executive compensation since the 1970s, and current plans only attribute to minor single-digit improvements for both the business and the executive. Compensating management with equity is to...
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Kyle Carlton: Sep 6, 2022 5:00:00 AM
A sovereign debt crisis occurs when a country is unable to pay its bills. But this doesn't happen overnight—there are plenty of warning signs, and it usually becomes a crisis when the country's leaders ignore these...
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Kyle Carlton: Aug 30, 2022 5:15:00 AM
There was a time when many investors stopped paying attention to the market, choosing to ignore everything. This period was from 1966 to 1982, when the market's return was zero (not including dividends). By the mid-70s, less than 50% of Americans thought...
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Kyle Carlton: Jun 22, 2022 3:50:59 PM
Over the last several years, sales have dramatically increased for indexed universal life (IUL); this is both good and bad.
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Joe Maas, CFA, CFP®, CLU®, ChFC, MSFS, CCIM™, CVA, ABAR, CM&AA: May 26, 2022 6:15:00 PM
On Tuesday of this week, the National Association of Home Builders reported April 2022 new home sales were down for a fourth straight month, falling 16.6% to 591K. This is the lowest level of new home sales since April 2020 and a 159K miss from the April...
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Joe Maas, CFA, CFP®, CLU®, ChFC, MSFS, CCIM™, CVA, ABAR, CM&AA: May 5, 2022 2:30:00 PM
Market performance at the end of April did not produce the bounty of flowers expected by the popular refrain; rather, April’s showers continued to rain disappointment on investors as major domestic equity markets dipped to year-to-date lows, along with...
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Joe Maas, CFA, CFP®, CLU®, ChFC, MSFS, CCIM™, CVA, ABAR, CM&AA: Apr 6, 2022 12:05:56 PM
The major domestic market indices all finished March on the upside but are showing YTD losses as they have not yet regained lost ground since December 31, 2021. 10-year Treasury bonds, Comex gold, crude oil, and gasoline are all in the Winner’s Circle...
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Joe Maas, CFA, CFP®, CLU®, ChFC, MSFS, CCIM™, CVA, ABAR, CM&AA: Mar 21, 2022 12:55:51 PM
As February ends and March begins, the world's attention is consumed by the Kremlin's aggression against the people of Ukraine.
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Joe Maas, CFA, CFP®, CLU®, ChFC, MSFS, CCIM™, CVA, ABAR, CM&AA: Mar 10, 2022 2:59:22 PM
Job market optimism collides with credit market realities.
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Joe Maas, CFA, CFP®, CLU®, ChFC, MSFS, CCIM™, CVA, ABAR, CM&AA: Feb 28, 2022 1:45:00 PM
The Fed’s favorite inflation gauge notches a 4-decade high as core personal consumption expenditures (PCE) hit 5.21% in January 2022.
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