Financial Briefs – May
One of the surest ways to sabotage your financial goals is to take on an excessive amount of debt. If debt is hampering your ability to pursue your financial goals, consider these factors…
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Weekly Market Commentary 2025.20
5/27/2025
Nobody likes to balance the budget.
Some pundits said Moody’s rating downgrade of U.S. Treasuries was a nothing burger. After all, the rating change didn’t provide investors with any new information. Moody’s was the third rating service to lower U.S. government bond ratings. S&P Global downgraded U.S. Treasuries in 2011, and Fitch Ratings followed suit in 2023.
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Weekly Market Commentary 2025.19
5/19/2025
Last week, the U.S. stock market showed why it’s a good idea to stay invested through bouts of volatility.
Major U.S. stock indices notched sizeable gains as investors celebrated a trade truce with China and better-than-expected inflation numbers, while brushing off a tepid consumer sentiment reading. Here’s what happened:
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Weekly Market Commentary 2025.18
5/12/2025
The winds of uncertainty are blowing, and the waters are choppy.
In recent weeks, United States stock markets saw steady gains, recovered from the April downturn as investors set aside uncertainty,” reported Connor Smith of Barron’s.
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