Our Commentary
Market Update - August 17th, 2020
Economic data for the week included further gains in retail sales, and industrial production, among other measures. Consumer sentiment and jobs results also showed improvement, all of which look to a stronger showing for the third quarter over the second.
Beta Bytes - Week of August 8th
Salesforce's leadership in the "2020 Magic Quadrants" from Gartner, Microsoft's talks with the U.S. President and ByteDance on a TikTok acquisition and more in our financial news blog.
COVID-19 UPDATE: Live at the Lab with Dr. Erica Ollmann Saphire
At Beta Wealth Group, we believe that the most important wealth you can have is your health. That is why we host events with insider information for our clients and their community.
The CARES Act: The Largest Stimulus Package in U.S. History
The last few weeks have been surreal and frightening as we watched a pandemic accelerate across the globe. At first is seemed like a geographically distant and even detached issue that would never step foot on our doorsteps. Then within a matter of weeks the tones of our leaders grew stern..
Federal Reserve Update
Earlier on Wednesday, the Federal Reserve Open Market Committee (FOMC) raised the fed funds target rate by 0.25% to a new level of 2.25-2.50%, which was widely anticipated. The formal Federal Reserve statement was little altered from November, since it noted that economic activity remained strong..
