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Why We Love Investing in Car Washes 

April 3, 2024

Car Wash Fund Over the past decade or so, as Gen Z and Alpha enter the stage and Millennials age into middle adulthood, there has…

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April Outlook: Strong Economy Postpones Rate Cuts

April 1, 2024

Inflation is still running hotter than hoped, labor markets are near full employment, and stocks and home prices are at or close to record levels.…

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March Outlook: Fed Watchers Return to More Cautious Outlook

March 1, 2024

Not so long ago, investors expected the Federal Reserve to cut rates six times in 2024. But still-high inflation and a still-strong job market keep…

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February Outlook: How Long Until Fed Cuts Rates?

February 1, 2024

Investors keep hoping the Federal Reserve will cut its federal funds rate from its current target of 5.25% to 5.5%. And Jerome Powell and company…

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2024 Outlook: Fed Finally Gives Investors Some Good News

December 28, 2023

Nearly two years after it began aggressively raising interest rates, the Federal Reserve has signaled that 2024 will be the year when investors get relief.…

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December Outlook: Is the Fed ‘Pivot’ Finally Here? Maybe, But Soft Landing Could Prove Tricky

November 30, 2023

The Federal Reserve began hiking rates in March 2022, a strategy designed to fight the most intense wave of inflation experienced by the U.S. economy…

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November Outlook: U.S. Economy Keeps Surging – But For How Long?

October 26, 2023

Just when you expect the United States economy to zig, it zags. Gross domestic product, the primary measure of economic output, grew at a 4.9%…

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October Outlook: ‘People Hate Inflation’

September 27, 2023

The U.S. economy continues to power through the Federal Reserve’s most aggressive tightening in decades. Unemployment is still below 4%, and stocks and home prices…

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Navigating By the Stars Under Cloudy Skies

August 27, 2023

The U.S. economy continues to defy expectations, confound forecasters and generally throw head fakes. Starting in early 2022, the Federal Reserve embarked on its most…

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August Outlook: A Soft Landing Now Looks Likely

July 27, 2023

Since the Federal Reserve began raising interest rates aggressively in 2022, economists and investors agreed that a recession loomed in the near future. The only…

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