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    News & Education

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    April , 26, 2023
    ACM VidCast – 2023 – Should I invest in gold?

    The price of gold has been moving upward, hitting a new one-year high this month. So, is now the time to ask – Should I invest in gold or look for a better long-term investment?

    ACM Journal - Investment Management
    April , 17, 2023
    Chris’s Corner: – Cash Management

    For the past several years, it has been impossible to get any sort of return on cash balances. The Fed Funds rate was literally zero for a while, and banks, money market funds, and CDs all paid close to zero percent interest on cash balances. You could leave money in your bank account because there wasn’t much opportunity cost.

    However, that has changed over the past year as the Fed has aggressively raised short-term interest rates.

    ACM Journal - Investment Management
    April , 17, 2023
    Are Stocks Too Expensive? – Q1 2023 Newsletter

    If the overall stock market falls from here, which we consider fairly likely, value and international stocks will probably also decline. However, their low valuations should help insulate them from severe declines, and we expect that they will outperform growth-oriented stocks. So, today may not be the day they ring the bell to signal the market bottom, but for certain market sectors, this will likely be an attractive buying opportunity when we look back from a decade in the future.

    ACM Journal - Investment Management
    April , 17, 2023
    Compliance Corner – Q1 2023 Newsletter

    We are in a highly regulated business, which causes a few headaches, but also offers our clients important protections. There are certain disclosures that we are required to make regularly regarding our policies and procedures, including

    ACM Journal - Investment Management
    April , 17, 2023
    Portfolio Review – Q1 2023 Newsletter

    Stock and bond markets enjoyed some relief to close out 2022 after dismal returns for most of the year. The S&P 500 gained 7.6% for the fourth quarter while the Bloomberg U.S. Aggregate Bond Index rose 1.9%. Despite the rebound, 2022 was one of the worst years for both bonds and the traditional 60% stock/40% bond portfolio in recent history.