A Safer Retirement®
Learn about the latest economic news, discover the potential impact on you and your financial plan, and explore insights you can use to help meet your goals.
September 2025
Consumer Discretionary vs. Staples: A Market Signal Worth Watching
An article on StockCharts recently highlighted a key market signal I’ve been watching closely: the performance of consumer discretionary stocks versus consumer staples (read [...]
August 2025
Current Market Valuations
Stocks are near highs, but what you’re paying for future earnings varies widely by sector. Below we show how today’s [...]
Rethinking the Numbers: BLS, AI, and Markets
A leadership shake-up at the BLS has reignited the fight over how America counts jobs. We outline a practical, transparent [...]
Trade Wars Heat Up: Tariffs, Fed & Earnings in Focus
Just hours before new duties took effect, unexpected tariff hikes roiled global markets—while the Fed held rates “data-dependently,” July payrolls [...]
July 2025
Inflation’s New Landscape: Why Services Soar and Goods Slide
You may have seen older versions of this chart. This one is freshly updated through last month. It shows some [...]
The China Collapse: Why Global Capital Is Flooding Back to the U.S.
China’s real estate implosion, policy missteps, and rising capital flight are accelerating a long-feared economic unraveling. As trust in China’s [...]








