Resources
In an effort to fulfill our mission of educating all on the benefits of a healthy financial lifestyle, we offer our insights and resources. Our ‘Vestbridge Weekly Update’ is published weekly and provides critical insight into current events.
As a trusted voice in the industry, we also offer some of our published Guides free to the public, and we offer other materials also listed below.
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The Road to 2% Inflation
Up until the latest Consumer Price Index (CPI) inflation reading, the Fed had been on quite a winning streak. Annualized CPI had declined for 12 consecutive monthly readings, evidence that while prices for goods and services were still increasing, the pace of price inflation was moderating and moving back towards the Fed’s 2% target.
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Mid-Year Tax Planning Checklist Notes
1099-DIV – Reports ordinary and qualified dividends and short- and long-term capital gains distributions for taxable and tax-exempt accounts. 1099-B – Reports exchange and redemption activity in non-IRA accounts.
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US Sovereign Credit Rating Outlook Downgrade by Moody’s Ratings
“The rating downgrade of the United States reflects the expected fiscal deterioration over the next three years, a high and growing general government debt burden, and the erosion of governance relative to ‘AA’ and ‘AAA’ rated peers over the last two decades that has manifested in repeated debt limit standoffs and last-minute resolutions.”
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Does Raising The Fed Funds Rate ‘Tame’ Inflation? Is There Collateral Damage?
By Dr. George Calhoun – Hanlon Investment Management Advisory Board Member Executive Director of the Hanlon Financial Systems Center
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Time for the Little Guys
In May, stock indices were being pushed higher despite most of the component stocks trending downwards, because the overwhelmingly dominant size of the mega-caps allowed them to control the overall market direction.
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2023 Mid-Year Update Video
Sean Hanlon, CEO and Co-Chief Investment Officer of Vestbridge Advisors, Inc. talks about and explains the financial environment from the 2023 Mid Year Update.
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The “Long And Variable Lag” – A Dangerous Monetary Policy Myth
By Dr. George Calhoun – Hanlon Investment Management Advisory Board Member Executive Director of the Hanlon Financial Systems Center
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2023 Mid-Year Update
The first half of 2023 has been marked by lopsided gains, with a handful of mega-cap tech companies accounting for nearly all of the S&P 500’s 16.9% year-to-date returns, through June 30th. In our 2023 beginning of the year Annual Outlook, we cautioned that despite near-unanimous calls for a first-half recession from major financial institutions, we saw potential for a scenario in which US GDP was able to maintain a slightly positive rate of growth thanks to record low unemployment.
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2023 2nd Quarter Review
Following the first quarter regional banking sector panic, interest rate expectations shifted towards a Federal Reserve (“the Fed”) pause, due to concerns that further rate hikes would only exacerbate the stress of interest rate mismatches between banks’ long-term investments and shorter-term interest payments on deposits.
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4th of July – Independence Day!
“One flag, one land, one heart, one hand, one nation evermore!”
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