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Advisor Insights
For Lightpath, and the clients we serve, learning is an ongoing process. It comes from curiosity, exploration, listening, success, failure, and sharing. Shared learning makes an entire community stronger, vibrant, and sustainable.
Economic Update for September 25, 2017
Last Wednesday, the country’s central bank detailed how it would shrink its mammoth balance sheet. During the fourth quarter, the Fed will unload $10 billion of maturing bonds per month; in each subsequent quarter, the monthly runoff will increase by $10 billion until reaching a limit of $50 billion.
How Much Will You Spend When You Retire?
You may have heard that people spend less once they are retired. Statistically, that is true. The question is whether a retiree has enough income to meet his or her expenses.
Outperform the Market Without the Downside Risk
Lightpath Founder, Jason Hawkins, goes live on Facebook to discuss how you can outperform the market without taking on downside risk.
Will You Be Prepared When the Market Cools Off?
We have seen a tremendous rally on Wall Street with the S&P 500, Nasdaq Composite, and Dow Jones Industrial Average repeatedly settling at all-time peaks. My question to you is, have investors become irrationally exuberant?
Economic Update for September, 11, 2017
Thursday evening, credit reporting agency Equifax disclosed that hackers had raided its databases this spring, accessing the personal information of up to 143 million people.
Economic Update for September 4, 2017
The Department of Labor’s latest employment snapshot shows payrolls expanding by 156,000 net new jobs in August.
Economic Update for August 21, 2017
In July, they were up 0.6% – the largest monthly increase seen so far in 2017. This gain suggests the economy has gathered momentum in the third quarter.
Average vs Actual Returns
Ever wonder why your retirement investments don’t have as much money in them as you expected? In this video, Lightpath’s Jason Hawkins discusses the critical differences between “average” and “actual” rate of return.
Economic Update for August 14, 2017
Can the Federal Reserve justify another interest rate hike in the second half of 2017? Given weak inflation pressure, maybe not.
Economic Update for August 7, 2017
U.S. payrolls swelled with 209,000 net new workers in July, according to the Department of Labor. That beat the 183,000 estimate by analysts surveyed by Reuters.