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Allen Gillespie
Follow-up Visit
As government stimulus has begun to fade, we are seeing the expected effects, particularly a decline in the price of oil.
Making Lemonade
The Federal Reserve’s quantitative easing policy, which ended on June 30, has helped to create an environment of very low interest rates which is making it increasingly difficult to generate income from securities.
Dividend Stocks in a Low Interest Rate World
The Federal Reserve's current policy of maintaining low interest rates and purchasing securities via quantitative easing increases the difficulty of deriving income from securities with a reasonable amount of risk because these actions have increased asset prices.
Time for a Checkup
As we begin 2011, we may be seeing the front edges of that back half of the storm associated with economic recovery. If so, the pressures on government finances should continue to increase. This is likely to pressure interest rates, tax rates and inflation.