From the monthly archives:

December 2009

Year-end Financial Moves to Think About

by Rose Greene, CFP on December 15, 2009

Before 2009 ends, some things you might want to consider. Fall is the time to consider some year-end financial moves – little and not-so-little things you might do to plan to improve your financial position. You could put more in your 401(k) before they play “Auld Lang Syne”. As you only get one chance to [...]
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Current Conditions Index reaches a new high.

Weekly Economic Update for the Week of December 7, 2009

by Rose Greene, CFP on December 9, 2009

Joblessness at 10.0%. This November figure is improved from October’s 10.2% mark. Another bright spot: payrolls slimmed by just 11,000 jobs last month.  (Analysts expected a reduction of around 125,000.)  Are we on the verge of  adding jobs to the economy?  The number of employed people rose by 227,000  last month, the first increase since [...]
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