09 Feb 2018

Posted at 12:45h in The Friday Brief by

We are pleased to introduce you to Ryan Smith, who joins our Beacon family as a talented Wealth Advisor. Ryan brings 12 years' experience as a wealth advisor, practicing most recently with a local firm and earlier in his hometown of Boston, Massachusetts. Growing up on the...

06 Feb 2018

Posted at 11:08h in The Friday Brief by

In the past two trading days the S&P 500 is down 6.1%, nearly two-thirds the way toward what is widely regarded as a market correction - a 10% drop. Good news of job gains and pay raises have set investors' eyes on what the Fed might do...

02 Feb 2018

Posted at 16:32h in The Friday Brief by

Ask most 50-year olds if they think they've saved enough for retirement and you will usually get a quick and emphatic - No Way! Their reasons are always the same - there just wasn't enough left over to save. The individual reasons run the gamut from educating...

26 Jan 2018

Posted at 15:19h in The Friday Brief by

The stock market continues to party higher and higher with no signs of stopping, or for that matter, any real weakness. As it rises, some consider increasing their exposure to stocks, particularly some big names Amazon, Apple, Alphabet (Google) Facebook, while others consider decreasing their...