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2020 Financial Markets Update

2020 Financial Markets Update

Week in Review: December 30, 2022

January 3, 2023

Recap & Commentary Markets ended the holiday-shortened week little changed, closing out the S&P 500’s worst year since 2008. For […]

2020 Financial Markets Update

Week in Review: December 23, 2022

December 27, 2022

Recap & Commentary Markets ended the week relatively unchanged despite a fair degree of intra-week volatility. Investors hoping for a […]

2020 Financial Markets Update

Week in Review: December 16, 2022

December 18, 2022

Recap & Commentary Markets ended the week lower following the Federal Reserve’s December Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) meeting and […]

2020 Financial Markets Update

Week in Review: December 9, 2022

December 12, 2022

Recap & Commentary Markets ended the week lower, as stronger-than-expected economic data and a Wall Street Journal article suggesting the […]

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Using Checks in a Digital Age

December 10, 2022

Credit cards and other digital payment methods are so prevalent today that checks may seem like a relic of history. […]

2020 Financial Markets Update

Week in Review: December 2, 2022

December 5, 2022

Recap & Commentary Markets ended the week higher, boosted by comments from Federal Reserve Chair Jay Powell that seemingly confirmed […]

2020 Financial Markets Update

Week in Review: November 25, 2022

November 28, 2022

Recap & Commentary Markets ended the holiday-shortened week higher, buoyed by the release of the Federal Reserve’s November Federal Open […]

2020 Financial Markets Update

Week in Review: November 18, 2022

November 21, 2022

Recap & Commentary Markets ended the week lower as waning enthusiasm from the prior week’s consumer price report was unable […]

2020 Financial Markets Update

Week in Review: November 11, 2022

November 14, 2022

Recap & Commentary Markets ended the week higher on encouraging inflation data and renewed hopes that the Federal Reserve will […]

2020 Financial Markets Update

Week in Review: November 4, 2022

November 7, 2022

Recap & Commentary U.S. markets ended the week lower as hopes that the Federal Reserve would signal smaller rate hikes […]