Frank A. Weckenman & Sons of Janney Montgomery Scott, LLC

04/08/2022

Upgrade your movie night by streaming one of these action-packed films.

This month’s picks include poignant international takes on superhero films, an Indian adaptation about a charming, remorseless grifter and more.

04/07/2022

Life and long-term care insurance can be important tools to help protect your financial legacy. Learn more.

There are a variety of ways life or long-term care insurance can help you prepare for life’s worst-case scenarios and help you preserve your financial legacy

04/06/2022

In this article, our Investment Strategy Group provides an overview of the latest market and economic news.

The economy and stocks faced significant headwinds in the first quarter, including high inflation readings, the Federal Reserve beginning a rate-hike cycle, the Ukrainian crisis, and persistent impacts from the pandemic, including China’s recent lockdowns.

04/01/2022

Remembering that humans need to connect.

03/31/2022

What is asset-repositioning, and how could it help you leave behind a more significant financial legacy?

If you’re close to or in retirement and asking yourself how you can best pass your wealth on to your heirs, repositioning some of your investments may be a tax-efficient way to leave a larger financial legacy.

03/30/2022

Our Investment Strategy Group discusses the latest market and economic news in its weekly update.

Stocks rose again last week with the S&P 500 Index now up 8.1% over the past two weeks—its largest such rally since April 2020.

03/28/2022

Our Investment Strategy Groups reviews the performance of the stock market since March 2020 and lessons for your long-term investment strategy.

Following the shortest recession on record, exactly two years ago the S&P 500 reached recession-induced intraday and closing lows. The aftermath, however, provided investors a valuable reminder.

03/25/2022

Check out these tips to become a better active listener.

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03/25/2022

Our Investment Strategy Group discusses short- and long-term market trends when the stock market has negative returns to start the year.

Year-to-date by mid-March this year, the S&P 500 was down 11.2%, which was its fifth-worst start to a year. The common belief that when a year starts poorly the full-year result is poor prompted investor concerns. As typically is true in any assessment of how the stock market will react, reaching si...

03/24/2022

Our Investment Strategy Group discusses what to expect as the Fed begins a cycle of raising interest rates for the first time since December 2015.

The Federal Reserve raised its target for overnight interest rates in March 2022, triggering the first rate move since the COVID emergency cuts and the first tightening cycle since the one that began in December 2015.

03/24/2022

Have you thought about how your digital life could affect your legacy and beneficiaries? Read more about the importance of a comprehensive estate plan that includes digital assets.

Technology has brought upon us a variety of conveniences and efficiencies— but have you thought about how it could affect your legacy and beneficiaries? This article explores the importance of a comprehensive estate plan, including your digital assets.

03/23/2022

Our Investment Strategy Group offers eight market and economic observations as the Federal Reserve begins raising interest rates. Read more.

It lifted its target range for the key short-term lending rate—the fed funds rate—by 0.25% to 0.25–0.5%. In addition to making the widely expected 0.25% hike, it indicated that the median FOMC participant expects the funds rate to rise by 0.25% at each of the year’s six remaining meetings an...