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How Your Wealth Consultants Can Transform Your Future Jan 13, 2025

Wealth consultants play a vital role in helping people achieve their financial dreams. They guide you through the complex world of finance, ensuring that your money works for you. With their expertise, you can create a solid plan that aligns with your goals, making your journey to financial...

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Making a Difference: How Noble Wealth Management Gives Back Dec 19, 2024

At Noble Wealth Management, our mission goes beyond enriching lives through financial planning. We believe in creating meaningful impact in our community, through hands-on volunteer efforts and financial support. As we reflect on 2024, we are grateful for our clients whose trust and partnership...

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Client Memo: Additional Ways to Reduce Risk and Protect Your Recent Gains buffer etfs capital preservation investment outlook investment strategies portfolio diversification risk management Dec 13, 2024

This is part II of “What We Are Doing in A Likely Low Future Returns.” You can read that here.

In part I of this memo, I detailed how current valuations suggest that future returns will be downright terrible. Goldman Sachs recently updated their projections, which suggest only 3%...

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Client Memo: Future Returns Look Downright Abysmal. What Do We Do About It? financial insights interest rates market analysis s&p 500 stocks tech stocks u.s. economy Nov 04, 2024

I’ve been on this bandwagon for some time now but as the market zooms, we have to wonder what future returns will look like. The S&P 500 is on pace for its second straight 20%+ annual return. This has only occurred five times over the last 75 years, per Bloomberg.

 

20%+ returns in...

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Client Memo: What To Do with Portfolios Ahead of the Election financial insights financial planning interest rates investing u.s. economy Oct 21, 2024

As we approach the upcoming presidential election, I want to address any concerns you may have about its potential impact on your investments. 

I’ve received several emails asking what we are doing ahead of the November 5th election.  The answer is simple:  NOTHING!

There is...

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How Does The Fed Rate Cut Affect Me? financial insights interest rates investing market analysis u.s. economy Oct 03, 2024

A common question I receive is ‘what interest rate does the Federal Reserve Bank (“Fed”) control’ and ‘how does it affect me?’ Since I’ve received the question a few times, here’s a memo!

The Fed controls the very shortest maturity rate called the ...

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Whatā€™s Next Now That the Cutting Cycle Has Begun? financial insights interest rates investing market analysis u.s. economy Sep 24, 2024
The First Rate Cut Since 2020

The Fed cut the interest rate they control (called Federal Funds) for the first time since March 2020 – during the panic of Covid. They started with a larger half a point cut. That was the right call in my opinion as inflation is down to 2.6% year-over-year and...

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The Long Unwinding Road currency trade effects financial insights market analysis market trends s&p 500 tech stocks u.s. economy yen carry trade Aug 05, 2024

The S&P 500 Index hit its last all-time high on July 16th at 5,669. Since then, the market (as of this writing) is down about 8%. However, some stocks, namely Mega cap tech stocks, are down far more. The SPDR Technology Index ETF (XLK) is down 16% since its July 10th high.  

What is...

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Mid-Year Review and Outlook financial insights market analysis market trends tech stocks Jul 24, 2024

So far it has been a good year with the S&P 500 up 15.3% in the first half.1 However, there are some dangers lurking beneath the surface, which we will discuss. We will also dive into the interest rate environment and inflation and how it forms the basis for managing portfolios.

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Should You Buy Stocks When They are at All-Time Highs? financial insights market analysis s&p 500 stocks May 03, 2024

The short answer is: that’s not what you should be focusing on. Instead, investors should be asking, “at today’s valuation, is it a good time to invest?” 

Investing at all-time highs may seem scary for investors. We are told to buy low and sell high and buying at all...

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Overcoming Frugality estate planning financial planning retirement Mar 25, 2024

Financial advising is in need of a good shift in thinking. Most advisors still operate like it’s the late 20th century, baby sitting assets, and for retirement income, selling some of those assets each month to cover the clients’ monthly expenses.

One of the things we need to help our...

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Getting the Fiscal House in Order interest rates market analysis u.s. economy Mar 04, 2024

One of the largest issues this election cycle will be the deficit. In my opinion, it hasn’t received nearly enough attention even though it has received a good amount. The fiscal situation in this country trumps (pun intended) anything to do with the border or democracy.

The problem comes...

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