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Weekly Talking Points for Financial Advisors (8/5/24)

Read the highlights of this week's commentary from Helios: US hiring slowed markedly in July and the unemployment rate rose to 4.3% from 4.1%, an...

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Weekly Talking Points for Financial Advisors (7/29/24)

Read the highlights of this week's commentary from Helios: Initial estimates of second-quarter GDP came in stronger than expected, showing the US...

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Weekly Talking Points for Financial Advisors (7/22/24)

Read the highlights of this week's commentary from Helios: US industrial production increased for the second consecutive month in June, signaling a...

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Three Keys to More Effective Business Development for Advisors

Most financial advisors didn’t set out to become marketing and sales experts. But for advisors who double as business owners, improving business...

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Weekly Talking Points for Financial Advisors (7/15/24)

Read the highlights of this week's commentary from Helios: The June core Consumer Price Index (CPI), which excludes food and energy, rose by only...

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Weekly Talking Points for Financial Advisors (7/8/24)

Read the highlights of this week's commentary from Helios: U.S. payroll growth slowed in June, with nonfarm payrolls rising by 206k, but job growth...

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Weekly Talking Points for Financial Advisors (7/1/24)

Read the highlights of this week's commentary from Helios: The Federal Reserve's preferred inflation measure, the core personal consumption...

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Weekly Talking Points for Financial Advisors (6/24/24)

Read the highlights of this week's commentary from Helios: U.S. retail sales, unadjusted for inflation, marginally increased in May by 0.1%,...

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