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The Federal Reserve, or "the Fed," is the central bank of the United States. One of its primary goals is to maintain price stability, which means keeping inflation at a moderate and stable rate. To achieve this, the Fed uses various tools, including adjusting interest rates. In this post, we'll explore how increasing interest rates can help with inflation.

April is Financial Capability Month, an initiative that started in 2004 as “Financial Literacy” and has evolved over the last 20 years.

The rebrand reflects a trend of taking a more active approach to finances and a focus on having more control over decision-making as you move through your financial journey.

For most people, steady, ongoing work is the foundation of their wealth. Career success and a good salary, or building and growing your own business, is the means to a lifestyle you enjoy now and the promise of a stable financial future.

The monthly Fed/CPI/Employment headline-market movement industrial complex was rudely shouldered aside in the last week by a much bigger and faster-moving story.

While the fallout from bank failures will take a while to unravel, and the impact on markets will likely be ongoing, the bigger picture wraps right back to the Federal Reserve.

February Recap and March Outlook

If there’s an aphorism for February that you could embroider on a pillow, it would be, “The more things change, the more they remain the same.” Markets appear to have finally started taking Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell’s warnings seriously and caught up to the rhetoric that the Fed has been consist

Increasing the personal liability coverage limits on your auto and homeowners insurance as your income grows is a smart move. But there are limits to how much personal liability insurers will cover as a part of these asset-specific policies. That’s where an umbrella policy comes in.

January Recap and February Outlook

The market adage is “as January goes, so goes the year.” Is it true? According to an analysis by Fidelity, January returns are positive about 75% of the time the full year turns out positive.

The markets are starting to feel like Groundhog Day. Almost every month, it's a cadence of employment numbers, CPI, Fed,  -- market reacts.