Less Talk, More Action

Weekly Update – September 26, 2011 After the brisk market rally we experienced two weeks ago, the tables turned dramatically last week as many asset classes experienced their worst week in years. The Dow tumbled 6.4%, the S&P 500 fell 6.5%, and the Nasdaq slid...

Why Independence?

Recently my firm Catalyst Wealth Management went through a transition into a different business model of the financial services industry; the Independent Model. Thankfully throughout this process we have maintained a great relationship with our previous Broker Dealer,...

Eyes on Europe and the Fed

Weekly Update – September 19, 2011 U.S. stocks posted solid performance Friday to wrap up a five-day winning streak for the first time since July. The Dow and the S&P 500 were each up around 5% for the week, while the NASDAQ climbed 6.3% for the week. The...

Do You Need To Update Your Will?

Below is a guest post from Attorney, Susan Grissom. Susan has been a friend for many years and has developed a nice law practice just north of Atlanta in Johns Creek, Georgia. Susan is a member of the Johns Creek Chamber of Commerce and the Buckhead Rotary Club. To...

Ten Years Later

Weekly Update – September 12, 2011 For most of us, 9/11 feels like yesterday. For a younger generation, Sunday’s services etched a memory of that day onto minds too young to recall it. Three-thousand-six-hundred and fifty-two days have since passed, but as New...