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The Jobs Bill

by Rose Greene, CFP on March 11, 2010

How effectively could it address America’s unemployment rate? provided by Los Angeles Financial Planner, Rose Greene, CFP® How about a tax break for companies that hire? A new jobs bill introduced by Sen. Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) proposes major tax incentives for hiring businesses. If the bill becomes law, will these incentives make a [...]
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LPL Financial Weekly Market Commentary for February 16, 2010

by Rose Greene, CFP on February 19, 2010

By Jeffrey Kleintop, CFA Chief market Strategist LPL Financial Events and data in recent weeks have prompted market participants to view the tailwinds that caused the markets to go sailing higher for much of 2009 as beginning to fade. They now view them as having become more balanced with the rising headwinds associated with increasing [...]
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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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