Help Wanted: Why Can’t Businesses Find Enough Workers?
COVID-19 may have kicked off a severe labor shortage, but longer-term demographic trends are partly to blame for this highly unusual job market.
February 2022 Market Minute: Earnings Season, Value Rotation, and Geopolitical Tensions
The Henssler market analysts are watching fourth quarter earnings reports, the rotation to value stocks and how the Russia-Ukraine tension is affecting the market.
Smoothing Market Ups and Downs
Dollar-cost averaging involves investing a fixed amount on a regular basis, regardless of share prices and market conditions.
2022 Market Outlook
Happy 2022 from Henssler Financial! With above-average 2021 financial market performance in our rear view, we look to the future as several topics are in focus for the new year, including the Federal Reserve’s heightened attention to inflation, rising interest rates and how company earnings may be affected, and if government actions will influence the market.
January 2022 Market Minute: Earnings Season, Bond Yields, and Labor Markets
For January 2022, the Henssler Research Analysts will be monitoring if S&P earnings can pace with the fourth quarter’s estimates as well as keep an eye on expectations for 2022. They’ll also be watching if bond yields continue to climb, and for changes in wages and labor turnover as the unemployment rate inches toward pre-pandemic levels.
2022 Outlook Includes Inflation and Rising Interest Rates
The Henssler Research Analysts discuss what they believe 2022 holds for the stock market, as Chief Investment Officer, Troy Harmon, CFA, CVA, and Research Analysts Nick Antonucci, CVA, CEPA, and Jacob Keen, CFA, examine inflation, government spending, performance concentration in a few stocks, and the chances of growth in 2022.
December 2021 Market Minute: Omicron Variant, Fed Policy, Debt Ceiling
For December 2021, the Henssler Research Analysts are closely watching how the Omicron COVID variant may affect the economy with some countries taking lockdown measures. The Experts are also keeping an eye on Fed Policy and what the central bank will signal about tapering, plus the debt ceiling debate in Washington.
Supply-Chain Chaos: Holiday Edition
Retailers have warned consumers that product shortages and shipping delays will continue—just what we needed this holiday season! Here is what you need to know.
November 2021: Equity Allocations, Infrastructure, and Taming Inflation
For November 2021, the Henssler Research Analysts are closely watching how much investors have allocated to equities as we’ve reached a high not seen since 2000; how the infrastructure bills will affect the related industries, and how the Federal Reserve is going to tame inflation that seems be less transitory as initially thought.
Inflation, Cash Flow Projections, and Retirement Spending
Chief Investment Officer Troy Harmon, CFA, CVA, is joined by Associate Michael Griffin, CFP®, and Financial Planner Adam Stadalius, CFP®, to discuss inflation with this week’s case study. An investor learns he is receiving a meaningful cost of living adjustment in his Social Security benefits; however, he is still concerned that inflation will significantly eat into his retirement income. The financial experts discuss how Henssler factors inflation into a client’s spending projections.