HAPPY NEW YEAR! I hope that you and your family are doing well! Our research department at LPL Financial recently unveiled Outlook 2025: Pragmatic Optimism. The annual update offers a comprehensive analysis of the economic and market environment. I’m excited to bring to you a few of the key takeaways which I have summarized in the following video and in the paragraphs below. Click the graphic below if you’d like to watch the video: Looking back on 2024, it clearly echoed many of the themes from 2023. There were some brief economic growth scares along the way, but the broader economy continued to defy expectations and surprised once again to the upside. Stocks continued their strong performance, putting the S&P 500 on track to record its second consecutive year of 20% plus returns. Powerful trends in artificial intelligence and technology have continued unabated and largely overshadowed other factors like election uncertainty, continued geopolit...
Give the gift of FINANCIAL PLANNING this Christmas! We recently completed a financial planning engagement for a young couple who just had their first child! Through our Financial Planning Service we hope that we were able to provide these clients with the necessary data needed to make important informed financial decisions as well as several risk mitigation ideas to help assist them with providing confidence and a sense of well-being for their family. If you have children or grandchildren who may benefit from the same service consider giving them the gift of our financial planning service for the Holidays and New Year! Click on the link below to watch a short video I created which provides more information on this service and what we were able to accomplish for this client. I wish you and your family a safe and Happy Holidays and New Year! This material is for general information only and is not intended to provide s...