Resource Type Blog (337) Guide (9) Podcast (136) Topic Retirement Planning (30) IRA (4) Economy (21) Financial Planning (12) Income Planning (2) Legacy Planning (8) Wealth Advisor (2) Investment Planning (3) Tax Planning (2) Weekly Economic Update (253) Author Sort By Recent A - Z Z - A Results 1–12 of 337 blog Jan 2026 Weekly Economic Update: January 13th 2025 Market advances to start 2026 Markets started the first week of 2026 with a vengeance, with the Dow and S&P 500 setting new highs on both Tuesday… Read More blog Jan 2026 Weekly Economic Update: January 6th, 2025 S&P 500 fails to reach 7,000 but still has above average year! The market petered out in the final week of 2025, and we failed to reach the 7,000… Read More blog Dec 2025 Weekly Economic Update: December 30, 2025 Q3 GDP is finally reported — and it was big! Thanks to the government shutdown in October and November, we didn’t get a chance to look at the… Read More blog Dec 2025 Weekly Economic Update: December 22, 2025 Markets waffle early in the first week after rate cut After the Federal Reserve cut rates for the third (and final) time in 2025, markets stumbled to… Read More blog Dec 2025 Weekly Economic Update: December 16th, 2025 Fed cuts rates but signals pause The debate over whether or not the Federal Reserve would cut rates at its final meeting of 2025 is finally over. The… Read More blog Dec 2025 Weekly Economic Update: December 9th, 2025 Market comes back as final Fed meeting of 2025 looms The market has mostly completed its comeback after the valuations and rate-cut jitters that hit… Read More blog Dec 2025 Weekly Economic Update: December 2nd, 2025 It looks like Santa is on his way! It’s hard to believe Thanksgiving 2025 has already come and gone. We hope everyone had a happy, safe and relaxing… Read More blog Nov 2025 Weekly Economic Update: November 24th, 2025 From the Desk of David Nicholas The First Thanksgiving As we head into Thanksgiving and Christmas, this is one of my favorite times of the year.… Read More blog Nov 2025 Weekly Economic Update: November 18th, 2025 The government reopens — what now? After a record 43 days, there was finally enough momentum to end the government shutdown.1 What did it accomplish?… Read More blog Nov 2025 Weekly Economic Update: November 11th, 2025 The U.S. government remained closed There was some expectation that the government would reopen after last Tuesday’s elections, but nobody seemed to… Read More blog Nov 2025 Weekly Economic Update: November 4th, 2025 Fed cuts again but says December move isn’t certain Have you ever watched a football game where one team gets a great kickoff return, only to start… Read More blog Oct 2025 Weekly Economic Update: October 28, 2025 Government remains shut, earnings keep markets motoring There doesn’t appear to be any end in sight for the… Read More Load More Results 1-12 of 337