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By Matthew Gaude & Shawn McGuire As the bond markets entered November, we have seen an extraordinary decline in interest rates, over 100 basis

By Shawn McGuire & Matthew Gaude Are you gearing up for retirement? It’s the homestretch—when the kids have flown the coop, your mortgage is

By Matthew Gaude & Shawn McGuire As crazy as it is to believe, Thanksgiving is right around the corner. As the year begins to wind down, we at

By Shawn McGuire & Matthew Gaude This is the headline from CNBC on November 1st, after the Federal Reserve meeting.  Following their

By Matthew Gaude & Shawn McGuire There are plenty of changes coming with the gradual implementation of the SECURE 2.0 Act which could enable

By Matthew Gaude & Shawn McGuire Benjamin Franklin is quoted as saying there is nothing certain in this world other than death and taxes. He

Inflation Worries and Higher Bond Yields Pressure Stocks in Q3 Good riddance to what has been a very rough September for stocks. In fact, both

This is the headline from CNBC on September 20, after the Federal Reserve meeting. It should come as no surprise that the Fed intends to keep interest

By Matthew Gaude & Shawn McGuire We can’t see into the future. At best, we can try to predict what’s going to happen based on what’s happened