Mastering Money 5/1/24

The Federal Reserve and Jerome Powell want to keep rates higher for longer to battle inflation, but things are starting to break. Banks have failed and more could be on the way. Commercial real estate is one area where higher rates have slowed demand and removed...

Mastering Money 4/29/24

Bidenomics! Inflation! China! Digital currency! And, an upcoming Presidential election–a lot is happening in the world these days and it could affect your investments. Who better to comment on timely issues than the great Lou Dobbs? Today, Lou is our special...

Mastering Money 4/25/2024

The municipal bond market is losing one of its biggest buyers…. CitiGroup, the single biggest buyer of municipal bonds for years, is finally pulling out of the challenging and often unprofitable muni bond business, laying off 20,000 people. We’ll...

Mastering Money 4/16/2024

The past few years in the stock market have been focused on momentum stocks–specifically tech and artificial intelligence stocks.  Momentum investing is a system of buying stocks that have had high returns over the past three to twelve months, and selling...