by Dr. JoAnne Feeney The big news this morning is changing the investing landscape and adding to the positive market response to the election results. At 90% efficacy in the first release of a late-stage, large study trial, Pfizer’s vaccine candidate is giving investors renewed hope of controlling COVID and getting life back to normal. Not...Read More

by Jeff Deiss Social Security COLA for 2021 and Medicare Part B premiums The Social Security Administration (SSA) announced on Oct. 13 that its 2021 annual cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) will be 1.3%, which represents an average increase in retirement benefits for active recipients of $20 per month starting in January. SSA’s 2021 COLA represents the...Read More

The Saga Has Ended….Sort of I don’t know about you, but I am glad that election is over…..sort of. The Trump administration plans to file lawsuits alleging voter fraud amongst other accusations so we will have to see how that plays out over the coming weeks. That being said, it seems as if many have...Read More

by Randall Coleman, CFA Tuesday, November 3rd is coming fast. That this particular Tuesday is a presidential election day comes as no surprise. Since 1845, the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November has been election day, and in years divisible by four, that Tuesday is a presidential election day. Markets don’t like surprises and it’s...Read More

Elections, Markets, and Reality I wish I knew who would win the election! We could just end all of this one day earlier (or weeks earlier, who knows) and we could all go back to loving our neighbors instead of hating them because of their lawn sign. Regardless of outcome we have hit a new...Read More

All Presidents Raise Taxes! All presidents raise taxes, lets stop pretending like it’s a Republican or a Democrat policy. The government has NO MONEY, the only money it has is what it takes from the people. We are the people being taken from. Anytime the government spends money it doesn’t have IE: deficit spending, it...Read More

Grandma Free throws As traditional spring, summer, and fall sports are wrapping up their unique seasons I watched the NBA finals for the first time in awhile. Apart from basketball being wildly different from when I grew up watching the hard-nosed Knicks of the Anthony Mason era, I noticed something else. The best basketball players...Read More

by Jeff Deiss, CFP Facts:  Taxpayers who are age 72 or older (or those who turned 70 ½ before December 31, 2019) are required to withdrawal minimum distributions (RMDs) from their retirement plan accounts on an annual basis. The CARES Act passed on March 27, 2020 enabled any taxpayer with an RMD due in 2020 from...Read More

by Kevin Kelly If anything, the title is an understatement. Some investors own a large basket of high quality, investment grade bonds of well-known companies. The yields on such securities have declined dramatically and many are now 1% or even less. Many investors do not realize this, however, because they are looking at their coupons. The...Read More

by Kevin Kelly, Portfolio Manager If anything, the title is an understatement. Some investors own a large basket of high quality, investment grade bonds of well-known companies. The yields on such securities have declined dramatically and many are now 1% or even less. Many investors do not realize this, however, because they are looking at...Read More