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Advisor propelled by social media ‘superpower’

InvestmentNews Awards 2024, Advisor of the Year (Midwest region): Sam Huzczo, SGH Wealth Management.

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  • January 5, 2024

Solid payroll gains seen cutting chances for March rate cut

Futures are now pricing about 135 basis points of Fed rate cuts this year, down from more than 150 basis points earlier in the week.

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  • December 8, 2023

Jobs market strengthens in November, defying forecasts

The report undermines hopes the Federal Reserve will cut interest rates early next year.

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  • August 31, 2023

Sorry, Fed Chair Powell, financial advisors watch their own economic indicators

Advisors rely on signposts including the volume of calls they're getting from worried clients and how full the parking lot is at the mall.

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  • News
  • July 10, 2023

Are you hiring or firing? Advisors and the end of the Great Resignation

The June employment report showed fewer new jobs than expected, but what does that mean for staffing advisory firms' back offices?

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  • June 13, 2023

Estimate for 2024 Social Security COLA drops with inflation

The Senior Citizens League estimates that the cost-of-living adjustment to Social Security benefits could drop to 2.7% for 2024, down from the 2023 COLA of 8.7%. 

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Are financial advisors recession-proof?

What the numbers say about advisory jobs in a potential downturn, according to an InvestmentNews Research analysis of Bureau of Labor Statistics data.

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2023 Social Security COLA could be biggest in 40 years

The April report on consumer prices suggests inflation could result in an 8.6% cost-of-living adjustment to next year’s benefits.

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Quitting work is great, but don’t forget about saving

The Great Resignation continues to produce record quit rates, which makes it a good time to think about 401(k)s and other job benefits.