Ben Bimson BCJ Financial When is down really up? Earnings season for the 1st quarter kicked off last week and markets were happy with the results. It is ...
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U.S. employment gains surged in February, the clearest sign yet of labor market strength that could further ease fears the economy was heading into recession and allow the ...
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Ben Bimson/BCJ Financial 2/8/2016 “This time is different.” We have heard that how many times? Yet, it is hard to resist temptation to buy into the rhetoric when ...
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Lower oil prices are supposed to be good for the economy and stock market because they provide consumers and businesses with more money to spend. But since early ...
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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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