Recent news coverage has implied that the Federal Reserve has made an ironclad commitment to low interest rates through the end of 2014.  As Brian Wesbury explains in this recent commentary, the Fed’s commitment to low rates may not be as firm as you think.  Have you considered (or discussed with your advisor) how rising interest rates might impact your portfolio or your financial plan?

Sounds like the title for a geeky horror movie, doesn’t it?  Unfortunately, this isn’t fiction.

As Yogi Berra once famously said, “You can observe a lot just by watching.”  Last week, I spotted this Tweet from local sports blogger Matt Sebek:

Wesbury 101: Victories for the Private Sector.  Click below to watch an informative video from Brian Wesbury at First Trust.

As I said in my introductory post, it’s my intent to keep most of my blog posts original, and regarding financial planning and the markets.  But I’ve reserved the right to share other things that strike me as just plain interesting.  My web guru made the “wordle” below that displays the most important keywords on my website.  Ken’s description of the “Wordle” is below.  You can see Ken’s “Wordle” and original post  here:

According to Brian Wesbury-Chief Economist at First Trust Advisors-the economic outlook may not be as gloomy as most people think….

It’s funny how things happen. It‘s been on my mind lately that I need to produce more material for my blog, but whenever I sit down to write I end up being interrupted by more pressing matters. It just seems like something ALWAYS comes up…I have all these great ideas in my head and in my journal, but they never get translated to a fully-formed thought.

Last week, my friend Karl (name changed to protect the innocent) dropped by for an impromptu visit. While we see each other nearly every other week in passing, both of us have been pretty busy lately, so it was nice to have a few minutes to catch up one on one.

Greetings!

This newly revamped website is the result of many hours of brainstorming and collaboration with my new friends Ken Tucker and Anne Petter of Changescape Web.  I can’t thank them enough for their guidance, and I hope you like the results.  According to Ken, my new website looks much more “Web 2.0”.  To my untrained eye, it just looks nicer!  We will be working constantly on making this website more “content rich” so that you can access the information you need, but not overloaded with extra stuff you don’t.  I’m happy to hear your feedback on our work in progress.