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April Market Update
Eight Observations on the Current Market – BVB Group’s Take Every Friday we share our friend Ross Mayfield’s Five for Friday, a quick hit piece about Five highlights during the week. While we know you enjoy seeing Baird’s internal...
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To Trump it……or Not to Trump it……For those in the Midwest who love the game of Euchre, some of us on the team, they’ll get the reference, however in this case we are highlighting the new Trump accounts that are available for saving and...
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Explaining the start of 2026A recent conversation with a client went like this; explain to me what is going on in this market right now.In the simplest terms, we are seeing weakness in the technology sector, and one of the easiest ways...
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A Change for 2026For the past several years we’ve crafted our quarterly newsletter to provide you with periodic market, tax and other planning updates throughout the year. It’s been a pleasure to write for all of you, and we look...
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“AI, AI, AI” – Keeping the Market Resilient As we enter the final quarter of 2025, markets continue to be remarkably resilient, navigating global tensions in the middle east, shifting monetary policy, and the beloved overused term...
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Future Proof Recap
In the second week of September our team took the opportunity to head West and attend the Future Proof conference in Huntington Beach, CA and make a quick stop to see some of our clients in Los Angeles. In addition to soaking up some...
Read More3rd Quarter 2025
The World Keeps Changing…..The Market Does Not…. It seems to feel like there has been a year’s worth of an exciting news cycle and we are only halfway through 2025. Let’s recap the first half of 2025. Election of a new administration...
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Trump Trade War 2.0 The market has flipped incredibly quickly as we start the second quarter of 2025 with April 2nd being the infamous “Liberation Day” on the full implementation of tariffs. Frankly, it’s made it challenging to write...
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New Year, New You, New Investment Strategy? Starting the new year is always a time to set new resolutions, goals and get a fresh start to the year. However, many wonder if that means you need to get a fresh new investment strategy for...
Read More4th Quarter 2024
Take Time Over the Table to have Real Conversations The last three months of the year are typically spent with family over the holidays. While it can get hectic, they are great opportunities for families to connect. If the opportunity...
Read More3rd Quarter 2024
The 2nd quarter of 2024 continued where the first quarter left off posting a solid 4.3% return, ending the first half of the year up 15.3% on the S&P 500. The biggest difference between 1Q and 2Q was that tech made a strong comeback...
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The 1Q of 2024 started off with a bang, the S&P 500 ended up 10.4% through the end of March, the 11th best 1Q start of the market, continuing its climb from 2023. Whats interesting is that the 1Q 2024 returns were not the market...
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2023 ended with a bang in the market and frankly took many by surprise at how resilient the market and economy turned out to be. Heading into the last year inflation, recession, declining earnings, and geopolitical events...
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Market Update Through the 3Q of 2023 we have seen surprising resilience in the broad markets of the S&P 500 and Nasdaq. The remaining major indices we follow for market performance have lagged, which is a result of underweighting...
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Strategas Mid-Year Market Outlook Planning For Life The BVB Group’s Custom Coaching Offering There is more to life beyond financial planning. In April this year we rolled out our one-of-a-kind...
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Will the Bounce Back Last? Investment Account Updates FDIC Protection at Baird FORBES Best in State Advisors Welcome Jaci Barker
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Thoughts on the Market - Secure Act 2.0 - Baird Monthly Webinar - Congratulations to Rachel Lazewski!
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