Confidence ended the year on a brighter note as low prices put U.S. consumers in the holiday spirit. The University of Michigan said Wednesday that its final sentiment ...
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Contributed by Benjamin Bimson, CIMA® Investment Advisor BCJ Financial This week we attended the Schwab Impact 2015 conference in Boston, MA. The Impact conference is a huge one ...
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The informal motto of the on-demand economy has a nice ring to it: “Be your own boss.” But if you want to scrape together a living by driving ...
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The US economy is all about consumers. On Tuesday, consumer confidence beat expectations while advance data on US trade in August showed a 3.2% decline in the nominal ...
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The world’s biggest economies are no longer moving in lockstep—and that makes the world more risky. Just how aligned is the global economy? To what extent is it ...
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Fixed indexed annuities (FIAs) constitute the highest share of annuity revenue. This is according to a survey of 542 independent agents, career agents, independent broker-dealers, independent financial planners, ...
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