Thursday, April 13, 2017
The Stock Market will be closed Friday April 14, 2017. The Main Line Financial Advisors offices will also be closed.
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Tuesday, March 28, 2017
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Read MoreWEEKLY QUOTE “Education’s purpose is to replace an empty mind with an open one.” - Malcolm Forbes Download the PDF
Read MoreCALM TIMES ON WALL STREET As the trading week wrapped up, the S&P 500 settled almost precisely where it had seven days earlier. For the week, the index lost 0.01% on its way to a Friday close of 2,183.87. The Dow gave back just 0.13%...
Read MoreRETAIL SALES WEAKEN July was the first month since March without a gain in U.S. retail purchases. The Census Bureau’s latest report showed retail sales were flat last month, a disappointment in the wake of June’s 0.8% climb...
Read MoreTWO STRAIGHT MONTHS OF IMPRESSIVE JOB GAINS Download the PDF
Read MoreWEEKLY TIP Small business owners need not buy on impulse. The longer an SBO can postpone a major purchase, the more time he or she gains to locate the best deal or the product or service best suited to the needs and goals of the...
Read MoreGAINS IN HOME BUYING & HOUSING STARTS June brought a 1.1% rise in existing home sales. Analysts, polled by the Wall Street Journal, had forecast a 0.7% decline. In its new report, the National Association of Realtors said 33% of June...
Read MoreWEEKLY TIP Credit reporting agencies may lower your credit score if you rely heavily on installment-type accounts or loans linked to appliance or home goods retailers, or unsecured personal loans from consumer credit companies. You...
Read MoreWEEKLY TIP How large should an emergency fund be? Large enough to cover at least three months of expenses in cash. In fact, building your emergency fund to twice that size is a worthy goal. Download the PDF
Read MoreBREXIT VOTE BATTERS GLOBAL MARKETS The world reacted to the news Thursday night that U.K. voters had decided to leave the European Union. Germany’s DAX, France’s CAC-40, and Japan’s Nikkei 225 respectively ended their...
Read MoreRETAIL SALES RISE ANOTHER HALF-PERCENT This healthy May increase follows the 1.3% gain recorded by the Department of Commerce for April, and offers more evidence that the economy has rebounded from a sluggish first quarter. Core retail...
Read MoreWEEKLY QUOTE “Early to bed and early to rise makes a man healthy, wealthy, and wise.” - Ben Franklin Download the PDF
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