January 28, 2011 Weekly Market Wrap: Stocks ended the week slightly lower as a rally was halted by middle east instability, surging commodity prices and […]
Archive | January, 2011
5 Stock Market Changers This Week – January 27 – 2011
Personal Income and Spending: Both personal income and spending remained strong in November, rising 0.3 percent and 0.4 percent, respectively. But worries persist about whether […]
Essential Financial Planning for Returning or Deploying Military Personnel and their Families
Essential Financial Planning for Returning or Deploying Military Personnel and their Families As the United States goes into its ninth year of military action in […]
Buying Used is Smart in Any Economy
Buying Used is Smart in Any Economy Even with hopes for a better economy in 2011, some habits learned in tough times could stand to […]
Washington Hotline – January – Week 4 – 2011
e-Filing Season Now Open In a flurry of information letters, the IRS announced that e-Filing is now open. According to IR-2011-5, the benefit of e-filing […]
5 Stock Market Changers this Week – January 24 – 2011
Consumer Confidence: Continued high unemployment pulled The Conference Board’s Consumer Confidence Index down to 52.5 in December from 54.3 in November, tempering growing optimism about […]
The Grand Rapids Community Foundation
I spent some time today down at the Grand Rapids Community Foundation learning about what they do and how they have helped and continue to […]
Washington Hotline – January – Week 3 – 2011
Chairman Bernanke Advocates 2011 Tax Reform Chairman of the Federal Reserve, Ben Bernanke met January 7th with the Senate Budget Committee. He spoke on the […]
Five Stock Market Changers This Week – January 16 – 2011
Empire State Manufacturing: After dropping sharply into negative territory in November, the monthly survey of manufacturers in New York State conducted by the Federal Reserve […]
AAM Weekly Market Wrap – January 15 – 2011
January 15, 2011 Weekly Market Wrap: Stocks continued to trend higher the second week into the new year. The S&P 500 finished the week up […]
