Resource Type Blog (378) Guide (9) Podcast (172) 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 (291) Author Sort By Recent A - Z Z - A Results 1–12 of 378 blog Oct 2026 Weekly Economic Update: October 20th 2026 Inflation ramps up, upsetting markets After it appeared inflation was stabilizing (if not mildly improving), the September numbers blew up in our… Read More blog Oct 2026 Weekly Economic Update: October 14th 2026 Yields and oil cool long enough for markets to set new records With all that’s going on, who would have thought we’d see new records in the S&P… Read More blog Oct 2026 Weekly Economic Update: October 6th, 2026 Yields keep climbing The bond market rout that started two weeks ago spilled over into last week. Oil prices declined from the mid-$90s to below $90… Read More blog Sep 2026 Weekly Economic Update: September 29th, 2026 Yields scream “enough!” Bond markets finally lost patience with the goings-on in Iran and the progress (or lack thereof) on inflation.1 The Iran… Read More blog Sep 2026 Weekly Economic Update: September 23rd, 2026 The Fed hikes Well, they did it. On Wednesday, the Federal Reserve raised its target for short-term interest rates by a quarter point to a range of… Read More blog Sep 2026 Weekly Economic Update: September 15th, 2026 Inflation rose in August — will rates follow? To pretty much no one’s surprise, inflation ticked back up in August, mostly due to the higher price of… Read More blog Sep 2026 Weekly Economic Update: September 9th, 2026 It feels like we’ve seen this before After a month of relative quiet, the U.S. pounded Iran again after Iran fired on U.S. personnel, U.S. allies and… Read More blog Sep 2026 Weekly Economic Update: September 1st 2026 Markets are going to market After hitting new records, the markets have been moving sideways to slightly downward for the past few sessions. And it’s… Read More blog Aug 2026 Weekly Economic Update: August 25th 2026 $40 trillion and counting The U.S. national debt surpassed $40 trillion last week.1 And markets, which have been ignoring pretty much everything… Read More blog Aug 2026 Weekly Economic Update: August 18th 2026 Markets set records while the Iran stalemate grinds on There’s something surreal about watching stocks climb to new highs while the world’s busiest… Read More blog Aug 2026 Weekly Economic Update: August 12th 2026 Jobs continue to weaken Looks like June’s jobs report wasn’t a fluke after all. We thought the last number was weak when it was reported that 57,000… Read More blog Aug 2026 Weekly Economic Update: August 5th 2026 Overview Most investors pay attention to returns — fewer pay attention to what’s left after taxes. Yet taxes can be one of the largest drags on… Read More Load More Results 1-12 of 378