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  • First Rate Hike in 9 Years

    December 17, 2015

    Yesterday the Federal Reserve increased the Fed Funds rate by 0.25%, effectively ending a 7 year period of zero interest rates. The move in rates was widely expected, but the main event was what Fed Chair Janet Yellen said about the future…

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  • 3 Charts We’re Watching

    December 3, 2015

    This week, three charts particularly caught the attention of The Joseph Group’s investment committee as we discussed what is happening with markets and what is likely to happen going forward.

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  • Social Security Changes: What You Need To Know

    November 17, 2015

    This past week, all eyes were on Congress and the debt ceiling negotiations. A budget deal was struck, but there were a couple important provisions of that bill not being talked about which impact Social Security claiming options. Specifically, two key strategies were targeted which are now being phased out.

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  • The Good News and the Bad News

    October 2, 2015

    First the bad news. The 3rd quarter of 2015 was the worst quarter for the financial markets in four years. From July through September, most major stock market indexes experienced a correction of 6% to 10%, with areas such as energy, health care, and emerging market stocks getting hit even harder. With markets generally flat in the first half of the year, the correction in the 3rd quarter means virtually every index we look at for asset classes around the world is down 6% to 10% on a year-to-date basis.What’s the good news?

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  • Report from Land of the Rising Sun

    August 24, 2015

    Japan is known as the “Land of the Rising Sun,” but could it also be known as the Land of the Rising Stock Market? So far in 2015, foreign stocks have broadly outperformed U.S. stocks, but European companies seem to be attracting the most attention. Japanese stocks have risen alongside Europe, but seem to be flying under the radar.

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  • U.S. Stock Market Very At Home

    August 24, 2015

    Home, home on the range…the U.S. stock market seems very at home in the “trading range” it has been in for the last four months. One of the key questions we have been asking in The Joseph Group’s Investment Strategy meetings is “What could make the market break out of this sideways pattern to one direction or another?” In an attempt to answer this question, we’ve tried to look at possibilities in both directions.

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  • Coffee with the CIO

    August 12, 2015

    Last week we held the first of what will become a regular event – “Coffee with the CIO” – at The Joseph Group’s offices led by The Joseph Group’s Chief Investment Officer, Travis Upton. Numerous topics were covered, but two main issues were clearly on the clients’ minds – 1) the continued saga of Greece, and 2) where to play offense in order to make money in what has been a flat market.

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