http://www.exec-wealth.com Independent Financial Professionals Tue, 14 Feb 2012 20:31:30 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.exec-wealth.com/trade-offs/ http://www.exec-wealth.com/trade-offs/#comments Tue, 14 Feb 2012 20:31:30 +0000 lkobus http://www.exec-wealth.com/?p=871 With the fourth quarter earnings reporting season wrapping up for corporate America, financial market participants will likely be focused on this week’s full docket of United States economic data and the latest flare-up in the European debt debacle in Greece. European debt markets …read more]]> http://www.exec-wealth.com/trade-offs/feed/ 0 http://www.exec-wealth.com/job-creation-on-track-to-sustain-economic-growth/ http://www.exec-wealth.com/job-creation-on-track-to-sustain-economic-growth/#comments Tue, 07 Feb 2012 19:30:49 +0000 lkobus http://www.exec-wealth.com/?p=865 The week after the release of the monthly employment report is typically quiet for economic data and events in the United States, and this week (February 6 – 10) is no exception. There are few, if any, potentially marketmoving economic events in the …read more]]> http://www.exec-wealth.com/job-creation-on-track-to-sustain-economic-growth/feed/ 0 http://www.exec-wealth.com/unintended-consequences-of-low-rates/ http://www.exec-wealth.com/unintended-consequences-of-low-rates/#comments Tue, 31 Jan 2012 15:31:33 +0000 lkobus http://www.exec-wealth.com/?p=861 As is typical in the first week of a new month, this week (January 30 – February 3) is packed with key economic releases in the United States. Employment, manufacturing, consumer spending and consumer confidence will compete with another flare-up of the European …read more]]> http://www.exec-wealth.com/unintended-consequences-of-low-rates/feed/ 0 http://www.exec-wealth.com/ch-ch-ch-changestime-to-focus-on-the-feds-forecasts/ http://www.exec-wealth.com/ch-ch-ch-changestime-to-focus-on-the-feds-forecasts/#comments Tue, 24 Jan 2012 20:39:46 +0000 lkobus http://www.exec-wealth.com/?p=857 The Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) meeting, along with Federal Reserve (Fed) Chairman Bernanke's press conference and a new economic and interest rate forecast from the Fed, is likely to compete for the market's attention with the return of Congress, the debate over …read more]]> http://www.exec-wealth.com/ch-ch-ch-changestime-to-focus-on-the-feds-forecasts/feed/ 0 http://www.exec-wealth.com/not-so-cloudy/ http://www.exec-wealth.com/not-so-cloudy/#comments Wed, 18 Jan 2012 16:31:03 +0000 lkobus http://www.exec-wealth.com/?p=852 In last week’s commentary, we discussed whether or not economic momentum exists at all, and if so, did the economy have any forward momentum as 2011 ended and 2012 began. The Federal Reserve’s Beige Book, a qualitative assessment of banking and business conditions …read more]]> http://www.exec-wealth.com/not-so-cloudy/feed/ 0