by Chris Bouffard | Jan 7, 2021 | Blog, COVID-19
Quick Takes Finish strong. Stocks closed the quarter, and 2020, with strong returns, despite lingering economic concerns brought on by a resurgence in coronavirus cases, challenges with the vaccine roll‐out, and uncertainty around the policy implications following the...
by Matthew Eickman | Jan 7, 2021 | Blog, COVID-19, Retirement
Congress Provides Additional Retirement Plan Relief The late-December COVID-19 relief bill (the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021 or the “Appropriations Act”) included various retirement plan-related provisions among its 5,500+ pages. A closer look at...
by Matthew Eickman | Dec 8, 2020 | Blog, COVID-19, Retirement
Creating a Post-COVID-19 Gameplan for Your Retirement Plan We were a little hesitant to use the term “Post-COVID-19” in the title of this month’s newsletter. It’s not in our past. We’re still in the midst of the pandemic and many data...
by Chris Bouffard | Dec 7, 2020 | Blog, COVID-19
The Bottom Line ● Don’t tell December that it was a November to Remember. The S&P 500 large‐cap index, the tech‐heavy Nasdaq Composite, and the Russell 2000 small‐cap index all closed out the first week of December, right where they ended November, at new record...
by Matthew Eickman | Dec 2, 2020 | COVID-19
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by Chris Bouffard | Nov 30, 2020 | Blog, COVID-19
The Bottom Line ● Stocks got back to their winning ways with most major global equity indices advancing. The S&P 500, Dow, and Nasdaq indices were all up more than 2% and the Russell 2000 small cap index gained nearly +4%, its fourth straight weekly gain, now up...