Laura Carley Finds Volunteer Opportunities with Local Young Professionals Group

Laura Carley, BCWM Wealth Advisor, joined other members of the Overland Park Young Professionals (YP) for the group's first YP Cares event on July 20, 2010 at SAFEHOME. The Young Professionals is a new program of the Overland Park Chamber of Commerce designed to provide professional, social, and mentoring opportunities to those in their 20s and 30s who…

Why Stocks Might Be Cheap . . . And Why They Might Stay That Way

Corporate profits are up.  One by one, throughout the month of July, corporations announced earnings for the quarter which ended June 30th and the vast majority declared they are making money.  Some, like General Electric, have raised their dividend….dividends which were drastically cut two years ago. Corporate balance sheets are flush with cash and, on…

Stimulus or Austerity?

After getting off to an optimistic start, the stock market ended the first half of 2010 with an ugly finish. The first four months of the year continued the rally which began March 9th of 2009, but the market declined over 7% in May and over 5% in June, completely wiping out the gains of…