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31Dec

A 21% Return for the S&P 500 Wasn’t on Anyone’s 2024 Bingo Card

What a Year 2024 has been! Despite fears and trepidations, the stock market achieved an impressive 57 record highs as of December 20, 2024. Unsurprisingly, Wall Street analysts had a notably inaccurate outlook for the stock market this year. Last year, 14 different firms projected the S&P 500 would range...

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31Aug

The Economy Appears On Track for a “Soft Landing”

Economic conditions and data points continue to evolve, sending mixed signals. While growth appears to be slowing, the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta's GDPNow model is projecting Q3 GDP growth at a healthy 2.0% as of August 26, 2024. Unemployment has risen to 4.3%, the highest level since October 2021....

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