What’s Traction Reading? September 2023

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Join us for the next edition of our monthly series where each of our team members at TFP share something their reading that we think you might enjoy too. Bob Heykoop’s Choice: First Trust Portfolios – Fiscal Madness This economic update (Fiscal Madness), from the First Trust economic team nails it!   They share some interesting […]

What’s Traction Reading? August 2023

Join us for the next edition of our monthly series where each of our team members at TFP share something their reading that we think you might enjoy too. Bob Heykoop’s Choice: Kiplinger – Financial Planning for Small Business Owners As a business owner that comes from a long line of entrepreneurs, I have always […]

What’s Traction Reading? July 2023

Join us for the next edition of our monthly series where each of our team members at TFP share something their reading that we think you might enjoy too. Bob Heykoop’s Choice: First Trust – Still Overvalued We continue to appreciate Brian Wesbury and his weekly economic commentary!  He continuously makes sense of the economy […]

What’s Traction Reading? June 2023

Join us for the next edition of our monthly series where each of our team members at TFP share something their reading that we think you might enjoy too. Bob Heykoop’s Choice: First Trust – The Fed Is All Mixed Up It’s still about the money as Brian Wesbury, chief economist from First Trust articulates […]

What’s Traction Reading? May 2023

Join us for the next edition of our monthly series where each of our team members at TFP share something their reading that we think you might enjoy too. Bob Heykoop’s Choice: Moody’s Analytics – What’s the Real Situation with CRE and Banks: Doom Loop or Headline Hype? With bank failures and solvency questions still […]

What’s Traction Reading? April 2023

Join us for the next edition of our monthly series where each of our team members at TFP share something their reading that we think you might enjoy too. Bob Heykoop’s Choice: The Kiplinger Tax Letter We just passed the S Corp filing deadline of March 15 and we are quickly approaching the Federal and […]

What’s Traction Reading? March 2023

Join us for the next edition of our monthly series where each of our team members at TFP share something their reading that we think you might enjoy too. Bob Heykoop’s Choice: First Trust Portfolios Data Watch – February ISM Manufacturing Index Once again we are seeing signs of economic contraction with the ISM Manufacturing […]

What’s Traction Reading? February 2023

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Join us as we begin our monthly series where each of our team members at TFP share something their reading that we think you might enjoy too. Bob Heykoop’s Choice: First Trust Portfolios Economic Commentary Brian Wesbury and his world class team of economists have an excellent track record of being able to clearly and […]

History of U.S. Bear & Bull Markets

In the last few years we’ve seen both bull and bear markets. Check out the resource below from First Trust to see a historical look at average length and returns on the S&P 500 during this period. Having trouble with the image above? Click the link below for a PDF version. History of U.S. Bear […]

What Does Inflation Mean for Equities

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At the moment, inflation is probably the hottest topic when it comes to the economy. While it started to percolate last spring, the U.S. really started to see inflation heat up in the second half of 2021 and thus far, it has only continued to accelerate in 2022. January brought us the fastest annual pace […]