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WCM Launches New Client Portal
At Williams, Steinert, Mask, we are dedicated to providing our clients the best experience using the best practices available in an evolving age of technology. The IRS stopped 19 million suspicious tax returns last year, and stopped more than $63 billion in fraudulent...
Year End Tax Tips Make Tax Time Less Painful
As we close out 2015, here are year-end moves that will make that April tax deadline less painful. If you’re a high income earner and/or have certain types of income, you may be subject to the net investment income tax discussed in more detail below. Single taxpayers...
December 2015 Marketwatch
The U.S. Dollar remains a very powerful force. If you had to point your finger to one instrument driving the bus for all the others, then the U.S. Dollar has to be it. Its strength comes from the weakness of other economies and markets, and the fact that the...
November 2015 Marketwatch
Greed has made a comeback on Wall Street. Just a few weeks ago investors were on the verge of full-blown panic. Fears about China's economic turbulence and a vague Federal Reserve Policy gripped the financial markets. The deep concern caused the Dow to drop 1000...
October 2015 Marketwatch
The recent soft jobs numbers are unlikely to produce panic at the Federal Reserve about the health of the jobs market, but the report does reduce the likelihood the central bank will raise interest rates at its policy meeting later this month perhaps not for the...
September 2015 Marketwatch
On Thursday August 20, the S&P dropped 2.1%, placing it just below its March low and starting a period of volatility we haven’t seen since early 2009. The August decline in the S&P 500 was 5.5% with an intra month low hitting negative 11.3%. This was the...
August 2015 Marketwatch
Although there were plenty of headlines during the months of June & July, the markets continued to chug along with slight gains. “We expect the global economy to continue on the path of gradual recovery “ Chetan Ahya and Elga Bartxch, Morgan Stanley’s co-chief...
July 2015 Marketwatch
Although there were plenty of headlines during the month of June, the markets continued the pattern of one step forward and one step back, finishing less than ½ of 1% changed from the beginning of the month. I believe that over the course of the summer we will see...
June 2015 Marketwatch
The stock market closed on a sour note in May but managed to hang on to a monthly gain of 1.05% for the month and 2.36% year-to-date. The markets shrugged off a negative GDP revision for the 1st quarter placing Q1 GDP at -.70%. The fixed income market seems to...
WCM Hosts RoundUp, Donates to Down Syndrome Association of South Texas
Williams, Steinert, Mask held its inaugural WCM RoundUp event at Tejas Rodeo on May 16, 2015. Hosted as a thank you to clients for their ongoing business and trust, and for employees to celebrate their hard work and dedication, it was a day of families, fun and taking...