The 3 Reasons for the Trump Rally

The markets have been trading higher on the promise of President Trump getting his pro-growth agenda passed. But what are the three biggest reasons for the Trump rally? More importantly, what are the dark clouds on the horizon that could threaten the Trump rally? Find out my thoughts on these market drivers in this week’s leadoff segment. Plus, why the market now has gotten a bit ahead of itself.

Lessons Learned in Asset Allocation 

When it comes to income strategies, the current investing environment is changing rather rapidly. Bonds are great, but they aren’t likely to deliver the total return that many income investors have grown accustomed to. In our second segment, we look at a few real-life examples of what to do when inflation and normalized interest rates hit home.

Thinking in Terms of Decades

What’s important to you financially in your twenties is not as important in your thirties, forties and fifties. Conversely, what you care about most financially in your sixties has little to do what you cared about in your twenties. In this week’s final segment, I begin the first in a series of thinking about your money in term of life decades, and we start in the twenties. And even though you may not be in your twenties, I suspect you might have children, grandchildren or other relatives that can benefit mightily from a frank discussion on this topic.