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April 13, 2025 HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO US!: As of last week, Stonecrop Wealth Advisors hit its fifth year. That is no small feat, and I am...

April 6, 2025 CALMNESS: Much as many companies ascribe to "core values", Stonecrop Wealth Advisors claims five virtues that we try to...

March 30, 2025 PCE DATA DOESN'T HELP: The Fed's preferred inflation metric is the Personal Consumption Expenditures (PCE) index. It...

March 23, 2025 NO SURPRISE, THE FED LEAVES INTEREST RATES ALONE: The Federal Reserve met last week, and, to no one's surprise, kept...

March 16, 2025 FEBRUARY INFLATION NUMBERS: According to the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis, the Consumer Price Index rose by 0.2% in...

March 9, 2025 FEBRUARY JOBS REPORT: Despite a decline in federal government jobs, the U.S. economy added 151,000 net new jobs in...

March 2, 2025 PCE INFLATION INDEX: The U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis posted January's Personal Consumption Expenditure (PCE) index...

February 23, 2025 U.S. STOCKS PULL BACK AGAIN: U.S. stocks have been up and down a lot this year, and last week was down. Proposed...

February 16, 2025 INFLATON PICKS UP: The Consumer Price Index rose by 0.5% in January. The one-year CPI number rose to 3.0% from 2.9%. ...