Risk Management

U.S. stocks ticked just a bit higher on the week, with less volatility than over recent weeks. Over the prior weekend, an agreement between the U.S. and Mexico regarding immigration policy resulted in a pullback on the previously-announced threat of tariffs, boosting market sentiment early in the week, with one of the potential trade hurdles removed.

Your company is ripe for sale. Now what? These days, your children or employees may not necessarily want to take over your business, but you still want to sell your business. So, what’s a successful entrepreneur to do?  Find a buyer, of course. Many savvy business owners know that nothing as monumental as selling a business should be done quickly. Read on to learn some helpful pointers for formulating your exit strategy.

FIRE: A radical new approach to working, saving, and retiring.

Retire before 50 and live your best life. That is the message of the FIRE (Financial Independence, Retire Early) movement, which is drawing interest worldwide.

Data breaches, once a fairly rare occurrence, have become more frequent as hackers become more skilled in their ability to extract personal data from popular social media sites such as Facebook and Twitter.

It’s still a year off but seeing all these graduation ceremonies and commencement speeches on Twitter started me thinking of what I’ll tell our daughter when she graduates college next spring. Plus, I know she just can’t wait to get more advice from me, so why not start early?

Sometimes simple is best. Many of us tend to complicate our financial situation; overthinking our options while ignoring the basics. Here at Grady Financial Network, LLC we have a few tips to help you plan for for long-term financial health. 

Bonds have increasingly signaled that Federal Reserve (Fed) policy may be too tight for an economy tied up in a drawn-out trade dispute.

As shown in the LPL Chart of the Day, “Bond Market Increasingly Pricing in Rate Cuts,” fed fund futures are now pricing in almost three rate cuts by the end of 2019.