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Echelon Wealth Strategies: July's Unemployment Report
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Friday, August 7, 2015. Deeper in the figures, there's a little bit of worrisome news: The broader unemployment rate, including people stuck in part-time jobs and those who haven’t looked for work in at least a month, was still at 10.4 percent in July, down from 10.5 percent in June. That figure is still considerably higher than it was in November 2007, when the recession started; it was at 8.4 percent then. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Welcome to Mark Wade's Blog. What Does This Volatility Mean?
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Echelon Wealth Strategies: March 2015
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Tuesday, March 31, 2015. A Look at the First Quarter. Today marks the last trading day of the first quarter of 2015. We have had a bit of a roller coaster ride in the markets the past three months, but mostly we just ended up where we started. Here's how the major indexes did, pending today's outcome:. The S&P 500 peaked in early March, when it was up 2.8 percent on the year, but now shows an increase of just 1.3 percent so far in 2015. Monday, March 30, 2015. Foreigners Love U.S. Stocks. Foreigners pump...
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Echelon Wealth Strategies: Consumer Complaints of the Year
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Friday, July 31, 2015. Consumer Complaints of the Year. The Consumer Federation of America has released its annual list of the Top Ten most common financial complaints lodged by consumers. How many of these have you been a victim of? Misrepresentations in advertising or sales of new and used cars, lemons, faulty repairs, leasing and towing disputes. Shoddy work, failure to start or complete the job. Service problems or billing disputes with phone, cable, satellite, Internet, electric and gas service.
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Echelon Wealth Strategies: Spending and Prices, Inching Upward
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Tuesday, August 4, 2015. Spending and Prices, Inching Upward. Americans curbed their spending in June, with personal spending up just 0.2 percent from a month earlier, according to the Commerce Department. That was the smallest monthly gain for that figure since February. In May, spending had risen 0.7 percent. Personal income, which includes wages and government aid, did a little better in the month. That measure climbed 0.4 percent in June, the same rate at which it had risen in May.
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Echelon Wealth Strategies: July 2015
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Friday, July 31, 2015. Consumer Complaints of the Year. The Consumer Federation of America has released its annual list of the Top Ten most common financial complaints lodged by consumers. How many of these have you been a victim of? Misrepresentations in advertising or sales of new and used cars, lemons, faulty repairs, leasing and towing disputes. Shoddy work, failure to start or complete the job. Service problems or billing disputes with phone, cable, satellite, Internet, electric and gas service.
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Echelon Wealth Strategies: The High Cost of Health Care in New Jersey
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Wednesday, August 5, 2015. The High Cost of Health Care in New Jersey. A company called HealthView Services has just come out with its list of the ten most expensive states to receive health care during retirement. In a bit of a surprise, New Jersey is not at the top of the list – it’s actually just seventh. These are the other states where your medical coverage in retirement will cost you more than right here in the Garden State:. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Welcome to Mark Wade's Blog.
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Echelon Wealth Strategies: November 2014
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Friday, November 28, 2014. When Black Friday Comes. Surveys showed that 95.5 million Americans planned to get a jump-start on their holiday shopping on Black Friday this year. We're expecting a big holiday retail season this year, with purchases expected to grow by 4.1 percent over 2013, according to the National Retail Federation. The ten-year average increase is 2.9 percent. Thursday, November 27, 2014. Wednesday, November 26, 2014. With gas prices the lowest they've been in years, it's no wonder that ...
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Echelon Wealth Strategies: Going Up and Down with 401(k)s
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Monday, August 3, 2015. Going Up and Down with 401(k)s. The sluggish stock markets this year have meant that 401(k)s haven't been earning income as fast as most people would like. Through the first seven months of the year, the S&P 500 is up just 2.2 percent. They've need that just to tread water, given the difficulties in so many investment areas this year. Despite all those inflows, the average balance in a 401(k) dropped from $91,800 at the end of March to $91,100 at the end of June.
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Echelon Wealth Strategies: June 2015
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Tuesday, June 30, 2015. Greece has taken center stage in the world economic news, as investors around the globe watch to see if the country will default and/or exit from the euro. That's taken the spotlight away from China, where the news isn't as dire but has been plenty bad for Chinese investors in recent weeks. Monday, June 29, 2015. The Wealthy Are Buying Real Estate. What type of asset are the ultra-wealthy looking to buy right now? The choices of types of real estate are all over the map, so to spe...
