05|14|2025
May Flowers? | May 9, 2025
Markets came out of hibernation last week and were slightly lower this week. Are things starting to warm up? Monday S&P 500 0.64% | NASDAQ 0.74% The week kicked...
05|12|2025
Leading Indicator Watch | May 9, 2025
Manufacturing & Services: ISM Non-Manufacturing (Services) PMI increased to 51.6 (Apr) from 50.8 (Mar), exceeding expectations. April marked the 10th consecutive month of expansion for the sector. 50 marks...
05|07|2025
Monthly Market Monitor | April-2025
Monthly numbers for the stock market did not prove as bad as the intra-month swings. Digging into the monitor data, can we glean the path ahead? Fixed Income: 2-Yr...
05|07|2025
Gearing Up | May 2, 2025
Markets built on last week’s progress as earnings continue to show strength. Will growth stall or is the economy gearing up for the next expansion? Monday S&P 500 0.06%...
05|05|2025
Leading Indicator Watch | May 2, 2025
Unemployment: Jobs data were mixed this week. Nonfarm payrolls rose by 177,000 (Apr), exceeding the 138,000 forecasted. However, JOLTS job openings fell from 7.480M (Feb) to 7.192M (Mar), missing...
04|30|2025
Time to Celebrate? | April 25, 2025
Markets popped the confetti this week. Is the hype with merit or is it too early to celebrate? Monday S&P 500 2.36% | NASDAQ 2.55% In an otherwise uneventful...
04|28|2025
Leading Indicator Watch | April 25, 2025
Housing and Building: Existing Home Sales declined to 4.02M (Mar) from 4.27M (Feb), reflecting a month-over-month drop of 5.9%. Building permits increased from 1.459M (Feb) to 1.467M (Mar), but...
03|10|2025
3 Keys to a Traditional IRA
As a long time funding option, Individual Retirement Accounts (IRAs AKA Individual Retirement Arrangements) evolved in recent years to become more practical. Here are a few key things to...
04|08|2024
Announcement | April 5, 2024
Financial Future Services friends and family, we have an exciting announcement! Kerry Hilsabeck is launching his own brand under our advisory firm – Elevated Financial Planning! Kerry says, “Elevated...
03|01|2024
Announcements | March 1, 2024
Please welcome, Sophia Frank and Veronica Gearhart, to our administrative family! We are excited to have them join our team! Here is a little about each of them! Sophia...