Category: Economy
My outlook for investing in 2025: 2-0-2-5
2024 largely came in line with what we had expected for a steady but solid economy. And 2025 looks to be more of the same.
What is up with inflation?
Our insurance agent emailed us last month to explain why our homeowner premium jumped 20% from a year ago.
2023 Investment Outlook Seminar
The first in-person Investment Outlook Seminar in four years is now a Money Talk Video, featuring Bob Landaas, Kyle Tetting and Dave Sandstrom. […]
Retirement spending to the rescue?
Besides showing the strongest inclination among age groups to increase spending, seniors also tend to be wealthier. […]
Implementing data, cultivating outlook
“Some of the most rewarding periods for investors have come alongside the need for meaningful problem solving.”
Halfway through 2023, outlook improving
By Kyle Tetting Reasonable caution is always appropriate, but investors too focused on the risks missed out on a lot across the first six months of 2023. […]
No recession yet, the White House says
Two consecutive quarters of negative GDP do not a recession make.
Recession’s not over till the NBER sings
Economists involved in business cycle information are painstaking when pronouncing the end of a recession. Over the past five downturns, they averaged 15 months between when the recession was over and when they said so. On three of those occasions — 1980, 1991 and 2001, the lag between the turning point and the bureau’s declaration…
Economy keeps counting on consumers
Much of the optimism for the U.S. economy is the health of consumers. […]