Welcome to 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. Economic and Investment News Bits Let’s Not Make it Two: The S&P 500…
April 2017 Financial Markets Summary “Interest rates are rising! It’s time to abandon your bonds!” This has been the popular commentary from many media outlets over the past few months. Yes, Janet Yellen and the Federal Reserve increased the Fed Funds rate by a whopping 0.25% on December 14, 2016 and by another 0.25% on…
Economic and Investment News Bits As markets correctly anticipated, the Federal Reserve raised interest rates by 25bps. This is largely seen as a vote of confidence in the US economy, which has experienced increasing inflation and job growth. Following suit, most banks increased their prime lending rates…and may eventually increase their deposit rates. Keep these…
