Inflation
By Ryan Casey Stephens, FPQP®Special Contributor Welcome to the start of a new year, full of excitement and opportunity. The last 12 months were tough on all of us, but I’m feeling bullish about the season ahead. If you asked me one year ago, I’d never have predicted the events we just experienced, so take…
By Ryan Casey Stephens, FPQP®Special Contributor Each week in December we’ll take a deep dive into one report that moves markets and impacts mortgage rates. Have you been paying more for groceries? Does the price of Christmas sweaters have you feeling like the Grinch? Are you traveling for the holidays and can’t believe how much…
By Ryan Casey Stephens, FPQP®Special Contributor Wall Street looked to the midterms last week for salvation, only to find disappointment. Investors wished a decisive red wave would provide some much-needed predictability, but their hopes were dashed. By the end of Wednesday, the picture looked bleak, but Thursday brought the reprieve we all needed. Now that…
By Ryan Casey Stephens, FPQP®Special Contributor There are four schools of thought in U.S. politics, though only three get a vote. Left, right, and center get most of the attention during campaign season while the fourth is often overlooked. Despite its inability to walk into a voting booth to cast a ballot, Wall Street has…
By Ryan Casey Stephens, FPQP®Special Contributor History is full of moments when the right leader or decision turned the tide. Events like Gettysburg or the storming of the beaches of Normandy come to mind. Thousands of less notable moments have gone almost unnoticed through the ages, and I can’t shake the feeling we’re in one…
