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Social Security and Medicare Face Financial Challenges
The newest Social Security and Medicare reports to Congress, released on April 22, 2020, discuss the current financial condition and ongoing financial challenges that both programs face, and project a Social Security cost-of-living adjustment for 2021.
Market Week: June 22, 2020
Equities began the week edging higher following the Federal Reserve's announcement that it would buy corporate bonds under an emergency lending program.
Home Bias: Overcoming Biases Against Global Stock Investing
The U.S. stock market may offer the comfort of familiarity, but investing in both U.S. and international markets can benefit those with long-term perspectives.
Market Week: June 15, 2020
Last week began with a bang for stocks as each of the indexes gained well over 1.0% for the day. The S&P 500, after climbing 1.2%, has picked up nearly 45.0% since its 2020 low, pushing it into the black for the year.
New Capital 2020 Intern: Jeffrey Li
Meet the 2020 New Capital Summer Intern, Jeffrey Li. He summarizes and reviews several interesting economic infographics from Visual Capitalist.
Will the Fed cause inflation?
Historically, an increase in the money supply leads to higher levels of inflation, but investors should remember that supply is only one driver of overall prices.
Dimensional 2020 Matrix Book
Dimensional’s annual survey of investment performance draws on historical data to look beyond short-term market fluctuations and shed light on the dimensions that explain differences in returns.
U.S. Government Sends Millions of Economic Impact Payments by Prepaid Debit Card
The Economic Impact Payment Card (EIP Card) arrives in a plain envelope from Money Network Cardholder Services, along with card information and instructions for its activation.
Market Week: June 8, 2020
Despite nationwide protests and U.S.-China tensions, stocks rose to start the week.
Affliction
There are no good reasons for the United States, or the world, to continue to choose racism. It is a self-inflicted illness, an affliction that holds all of us back individually and collectively.
Diversification Can Feel Disappointing
A well-diversified portfolio is designed to help you achieve your long-term goals as well as limit your portfolio’s downs (and ups). But it doesn’t always feel good.
Think Twice Before Speculating on a COVID-19 Cure
As hundreds of companies race to develop vaccines and drug therapies that could help end the COVID-19 pandemic, news reports on successful or failed trials affect individual stock prices and can trigger swings in the broader market.
Webinar Recording: Fixed Income Bonds in a Covid World - May 29, 2020
Watch a recording of our webinar: Fixed Income Bonds in a Covid World
Market Week: June 1, 2020
With the stock market closed last Monday in observance of Memorial Day, Tuesday's trading led to solid returns for each of the benchmark indexes listed here.
David Booth on Righting the Ship
Everyone wants to know when we’ll be able to get to the other side of COVID-19. Dimensional Founder David Booth shares what he’s seeing and why it gives him hope.
2019 IRA Contribution Deadline Has Been Extended
Due to the coronavirus tax filing extension, there's still time to make a regular IRA contribution for 2019.
Market Week: May 26, 2020
The major benchmarks opened the week on a high note, led by the Russell 2000, which gained more than 6.0%.
Life Changes
New Capital is dedicated to understanding not only our clients’ life goals, but also changes to our clients’ life goals.
Retiree Confidence Drops in 2020, As Some Workers Worry
The Retirement Confidence Survey conducted each year by the Employee Benefit Research Institute (EBRI) took a slightly different tack in 2020.
Spread the Word: What’s New with Valuation Ratios
Over the 10-year period ending March 31, 2020, the Fama/French US Value Research Index returned an annualized 5.06%, well behind the 13.04% achieved by the Fama/French US Growth Research Index.