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Newsletter: In the Markets – Week-Ending March 17th
Newsletter: In the Markets – Week-Ending March 17th Crystal Brook Advisors We Make Financial Planning Crystal Clear™ United States: Overall net TIC outflows totaled $42.8 billion in December. Foreign private investors’ appetite for U.S. securities weakened, selling $57.1 billion in December. Much of the selloff was concentrated in Treasuries and equities. Foreign official investors purchased a…
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In the Markets – Week-Ending March 10th
Newsletter: In the Markets – Week-Ending March 10th Crystal Brook Advisors We Make Financial Planning Crystal Clear™ United States: The U.S. economy added a robust 235,000 jobs in February, the Labor Department said Friday. (1) The unemployment rate ticked down to 4.7% from 4.8% in the previous month. It’s a vast improvement from 2009, when unemployment…
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Three Things You Didn’t Know About 529 College Saving Plans
Some people don’t use, or aren’t aware of, what a 529 plan is — the 529 college savings plan is used to pay for higher education, which is anything above a high school diploma. If you, or your children plan on gaining a higher education, it may be beneficial to look into what a 529…
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Newsletter: In the Markets – Week-Ending February 24th
Newsletter: In the Markets – Week-Ending February 24th Crystal Brook Advisors We Make Financial Planning Crystal Clear™ United States: Total billings fell into contraction territory in January, but the weak 70 reading follows a surge in December. The 6.1 drop in January, from 55.6 in December, was the largest since September 2008. We suspect the plunge…
