Jeran Van Alfen, CFP®Feb 3, 2023Fed Note: February 1, 2023The Federal Reserve Open Market Committee raised the Fed funds rate today by 0.25% to a range of 4.50-4.75%. The vote was unanimous, and...
Jeran Van Alfen, CFP®Nov 3, 2022Fed Note: November 2, 2022The Federal Reserve Open Market Committee raised the fed funds rate today by another 0.75%, from 3.00-3.25% to 3.75-4.00%. The vote was...
Jeran Van Alfen, CFP®Sep 22, 2022Fed Note: September 21, 2022The Federal Reserve Open Market Committee raised the fed funds rate today by another 0.75%, to a range of 3.00-3.25%. The vote was...
Jeran Van Alfen, CFP®Sep 3, 2022How to Make Retirement Decisions in a Down MarketRetirement is one of the most important financial milestones that we invest for. Over the years, we do the best we can to accumulate a...
Jeran Van Alfen, CFP®Jul 28, 2022Fed Note: July 27, 2022The Federal Reserve Open Market Committee raised the fed funds rate today by another 0.75%, to a new range of 2.25-2.50%. The vote was...
Jeran Van Alfen, CFP®Jul 14, 2022Making Sense of the First Half of 2022“Real optimists don’t believe that everything will be great. That’s complacency. Optimism is a belief that the odds of a good outcome are...
Jeran Van Alfen, CFP®Jun 16, 2022Fed Note: June 15, 2022The Federal Reserve Open Market Committee continued its aggressive tightening pace in the June meeting, by raising the key fed funds...