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Glassman Wealth Tackles the Midterms
Wondering how the upcoming midterm elections might impact your portfolio? Glassman Wealth recently hosted a conversation with Greg Valliere, a political analyst and Chief U.S. Policy Strategist at AGF Investments. Greg is one of the leading experts at connecting the dots between what is going on in Washington and on Wall Street. Both the House…
Read MoreThe Secret Buyer Propping Up The Stock Market
When times are good, they are really good! But why is this? As companies are experiencing record growth in earnings and profits, they are taking a significant portion of that profit and buying shares in their own companies. This is known as corporate buybacks, or as Goldman Sachs calls it, ‘the buyback bonanza.’ But why…
Read MoreCOVID Changes Everything About Inflation Expectations
This article was originally published on Forbes on December 2, 2020. The US Government has been spending and printing a lot of money to help stabilize the economy during this tumultuous 2020. As such, several of my clients are once again raising their concerns about inflation. Most of these worried clients fit into a…
Read MoreThe Biden Trade Just Became Irrelevant
This article was originally published on Forbes on November 12, 2020. When a new president gets elected, and especially when it’s a close race that results in a change of party, the first few weeks post-election often show which sectors might excel under the new administration. Deemed by many investors the “Trump Trade” four…
Read More6 Things to Look for in Obama’s Speech
I’ll be watching the President’s speech instead of the opening night NFL game and listening for several key factors. In order to decipher the various proposals, I encourage you to judge whether they meet the following criteria: 1. Jobs. If you were leading a major corporation, does the proposed solution either entice you to hire, or…
Read MoreBuffett is No Bernanke
It was reported this morning that Warren Buffet’s Berkshire Hathaway is investing $5 billion in one of the worst-performing stocks of the year, Bank of America. With the news, and the vote of confidence from one of our country’s best investors, the markets opened up over 1%, with most financials leading the charge. However, the…
Read MoreAdvisers deluge investors with advice over debt crisis
Barry speaks with Lauren Young of Reuters about what the debt ceiling dilemma may mean to investors. Read more.
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