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Style guidelines for financial services firms

Investment Writing

Style guidelines for financial services firms can help you to make your written communications more consistent and thus easier to read. Why create style guidelines for your financial services firm? However, style guides often don’t cover challenges specific to financial services firms.

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Fed's Beige Book: "Economic activity increased slightly to moderately"

Calculated Risk

Manufacturing decreased slightly on net, and a number of Districts said manufacturers were stockpiling inventories in anticipation of higher tariffs. The nonfinancial services sector grew slightly overall, with Districts highlighting growth in leisure and hospitality and transportation, notably air travel. Energy activity was mixed.

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Why Hiring a Digital Marketing Agency for Financial Services Is the Key to Growing Your Business

Indigo Marketing Agency

Why Hiring a Digital Marketing Agency for Financial Services Is the Key to Growing Your Business In the mid-2000s, digital marketing was just one of many mediums local businesses were starting to utilize to growalong with newspaper ads, phone book ads, direct mail ads, radio and TV ads, billboards, door-to-door sales, and more.

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January Issue of the Journal of FSP

NAIFA Advisor Today

The J anuary issue of the Journal of Financial Service Professionals has arrived, and its a must-read for anyone in the financial services community. A much-anticipated feature of this edition is the annual indexed retirement and Social Security numbers for 2025, conveniently presented in an easy-to-reference table.

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Market Commentary: Seasonal Tailwinds Ahead, but First an Election

Carson Wealth

However, this shouldn’t be a big surprise because we knew Hurricanes Milton and Helene would weigh on the numbers. September payrolls were revised down by 31,000 to +223,000 jobs, and August was revised down by 81,000 to +78,000 (the first sub-100,000 monthly payroll number since December 2020). But those numbers are backward looking.

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Market Commentary: Strong Jobs Report Gets the “Good News Is Bad News” Treatment

Carson Wealth

Current Market Volatility Normal for a Bull Market The S&P 500 is off to a bit of a rocky start in 2025, an extension of weakness in December 2024. Monthly numbers can be noisy and so a 3-month average is helpful. Cue expectations for rate cuts in 2025, which moved significantly after the payroll report was released.

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Market Commentary: Stocks Hit New Highs Amid a Year of Milestones

Carson Wealth

The economy created 227,000 jobs in November, close to expectations, which somewhat made up for the low 36,000 number in October (revised up from 12,000). However, this is something were going to be watching very carefully as 2025 progresses. But were going to face some uncertainty in 2025, for two reasons.