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Market Update- July 2025
Second Quarter Market Recap In the second quarter of 2025, global markets faced a complex mix of encouraging economic data, ongoing geopolitical uncertainty, and evolving global central bank policies. Nonetheless, the S&P posted a strong gain, reaching a new...
The Morning View: July 3, 2025
https://vimeo.com/1098519476 Announced this morning, the economy added 147,000 jobs in June, higher than expected. The Construction industry and Government jobs (mostly in the state and local level) were relatively strong, while the Wholesale Trade industry was...
Retirement Times July 2025 Newsletter
July 2025 This month's Retirement Times discusses the following: Engaging the TikTok Generation on Retirement Rethinking Pension Surplus Dollars: Avoiding the Termination Trap Stretching the Match Participant Corner: Don’t Leave Your Retirement Behind Download the...
Investment Outlook – July 2025
Summer Clouds “…And we are here as on a darkling plain Swept with confused alarms of struggle and flight, Where ignorant armies clash by night.” — Matthew Arnold, Dover Beach Pardon the poetry, but lately we find current economic and market information even murkier...
The Morning View: June 27, 2025
https://vimeo.com/1096925074 Announced this morning, the PCE Deflator increased 0.1% in May as expected and was up 2.3% on an annual basis. The Core PCE Deflator, which excludes food and energy prices and is closely monitored by the Federal Reserve for policy...
Exploring Solar Energy: What Landowners Need to Know
Our goal at Argent Mineral Management has always been to maximize and protect the value of our clients’ mineral interests. However, a recent shift of focus on renewable energy options, such as solar and wind, has presented many of our clients with new opportunities to...
The Morning View: June 17, 2025
https://vimeo.com/1094089517 Announced this morning, Retail Sales decreased -0.9% in May, a larger decrease than expected and considerably less the revised figure from the previous month. The Control Group, which is a closer measure of the inputs for GDP that...
The Morning View: June 11, 2025
https://vimeo.com/1092470888 In this morning’s data, the headline Consumer Price Index (CPI) increased 0.1% in May, slightly less than expected and is one tenth less than last month’s increase. On an annual basis it grew 2.4%, as expected. The core rate, which...
Keeping Pace with Change-Digital Innovation in Funeral Homes
BY: Jack Hirsch President of Funeral & Cemetery Trust Division| (251) 689-1057 Originally published in American Funeral Director May, 2025 Funeral directors are witnessing a significant transformation in our industry as consumer preferences shift toward digital...
Market Update- June 2025
Market Overview U.S. equity markets rebounded strongly in May, with the S&P 500 gaining 6.3%—its strongest May since 1990—and the Nasdaq advancing 9.6% driven by AI leaders like Nvidia. However, markets lost momentum in the final two weeks, trading sideways near...