The holiday shopping season is off to a record-breaking start. From Black Friday through Cyber Monday, shoppers spent $44.2 billion—up 8% from last year and well above expectations. Consumers are on track to spend $250 billion this holiday season for the first time ever. Contrary to what increased consumer spending typically signals, November consumer sentiment…
Welcome to our November 2025 Viewpoints, a monthly bulletin from PDS Planning to our valued clients and friends. Our goal with each issue of Viewpoints is to provide you with a wide variety of perspectives on life and wealth. Feel free to share with others. Precipitous CapEx Since the end of 2023, capital expenditures from Meta,…
The House of Representatives returned the evening of November 12th and voted on the amended bill to end the longest government shutdown in US history after 43 days. From the market’s point of view, this is positive news. Economists are going to start getting their data back, workers will get paid, and people can more…
Welcome to our October 2025 Viewpoints, a monthly bulletin from PDS Planning to our valued clients and friends. Our goal with each issue of Viewpoints is to provide you with a wide variety of perspectives on life and wealth. Feel free to share with others. Global Yields Rising A popular and important talking point so far…
2025 has certainly experienced a significant amount of change with tariffs and trade, the Federal Reserve lowering interest rates, international stocks taking the baton from recent U.S. dominance, and most recently the U.S. government shut down amid disputes over spending priorities. Capital Group’s political economist and former senior advisor in the White House Office of…
Welcome to our September 2025 Viewpoints, a monthly bulletin from PDS Planning to our valued clients and friends. Our goal with each issue of Viewpoints is to provide you with a wide variety of perspectives on life and wealth. Feel free to share with others. The Magic Math of Compounding The long-term impact of reinvesting dividends…
A September rate cut is all but confirmed at this point with the probability at 100% according to the CME Group FedWatch tool. Even though the latest inflation data print was slightly higher than expected, progress is progress. A question on many investors’ minds is how stocks and bonds may be impacted. JPMorgan Global Market…
Welcome to our August 2025 Viewpoints, a monthly bulletin from PDS Planning to our valued clients and friends. Our goal with each issue of Viewpoints is to provide you with a wide variety of perspectives on life and wealth. Feel free to share with others. Dollar has Weakened, but Historically Strong The weakening dollar has been…
Happy August and Happy Back to School month! Every year we get to this point, and every year I find it hard to believe we’re already here! My wife has been back in her classroom getting it ready for the 8th graders, and parents everywhere are ready for some semblance of a routine again. In…
Welcome to our July 2025 Viewpoints, a monthly bulletin from PDS Planning to our valued clients and friends. Our goal with each issue of Viewpoints is to provide you with a wide variety of perspectives on life and wealth. Feel free to share with others. The Great Cash Surge: A Safe Haven With Hidden Opportunity Costs…
We hope you enjoyed a nice long holiday weekend with family and friends! Our kids loved the parade, likely due to the load of candy they scored. I was especially amused by the largest bag of candy handed out by a new dental practice in the area. I guess that’s one way to increase future…
Welcome to our June 2025 Viewpoints, a monthly bulletin from PDS Planning to our valued clients and friends. Our goal with each issue of Viewpoints is to provide you with a wide variety of perspectives on life and wealth. Feel free to share with others. Starting Rate and Future Returns When it comes to bond funds,…
Amidst all the tariff and trade proposals stoking, then quelling, market volatility, brief but messy political break-ups, and strong economic data, there has been a very healthy mix of good and bad news. One headline that was swept up in all of this we wanted to make sure was addressed was the Moody’s downgrade of…
Welcome to our May 2025 Viewpoints, a monthly bulletin from PDS Planning to our valued clients and friends. Our goal with each issue of Viewpoints is to provide you with a wide variety of perspectives on life and wealth. Feel free to share with others. The New Maximum…Maybe If you have a google alert for the…
March and April were rollercoasters for the stock market and potential reasons why can be found on either side of the aisle. Positive or negative. Tariffs, of course, have played a big role in market volatility. Though we’re in a period of waiting (90-day pauses), there’s little doubt we’re out of the woods from a…
