Turmoil on Main Street and Buoyancy on Wall Street A Note from Our Founder: We normally cover market and economic news in this monthly report, and you’ll find our report for May below. But as of this writing, Los Angeles and cities around the world are engulfed in protests. Our hearts are heavy with grief […]
An April Uptick: But What Comes Next? Markets rose in April, delivering the best month for stocks in three decades. The S&P 500 posted a nearly 13 percent gain for the month, despite a drop on April 30. That drop was driven by a growing body of information detailing the extent of economic damage caused […]
Why Would Oil Go Below Zero? After seeing the price of oil fall below zero for the first time in history, people are understandably confused. How can this happen, and what does it mean?
What’s Next for the Economy? In the four weeks through April 16, 22 million Americans filed for unemployment benefits, just shy of the total number of jobs added in the decade following the financial crisis – and dwarfing job losses in that period, which topped out at 8.7 million. With many gig workers not included […]
The SBA’s Relief Program for Small Businesses: What You Need to Know Many of our clients or their family members are small business owners, and as part of the CARES Act passed recently, the Small Business Administration has created the $350 billion Paycheck Protection Program (PPP).
A Global Crisis and the Path Ahead The first quarter of 2020 was a rollercoaster. Within weeks, we went from all-time market highs – achieved despite concerns about manufacturing growth and trade – to the most rapid descent into a bear market in history.[1] As COVID-19 gripped China and then the world, we’ve seen the […]
Crisis in Process – and Important Tax Changes In recent weeks we’ve seen some significant changes to tax rules for 2019 and 2020. These efforts were made to help stem some of the fallout from the COVID-19 pandemic, which continues to make its way across the United States and the world.
An Upswing in Markets and an Economic Intervention Markets were sharply up as of Wednesday, March 25 on expectations that a stimulus bill would swiftly get through Congress.[1] It was the first back-to-back gain for equity markets since February. On Tuesday, the Dow Jones Industrial Average had its largest single-day gain since 1933.
Important Update Regarding Taxes In light of the news about COVID-19 and the efforts we are all taking to slow its transmission, issues around financial planning and taxes might seem like far-off concerns. To that end, we’ll keep this brief and topical with important news about tax filing deadlines – and some good news about the role […]
Coming Together: Local and Government Policy Jeff Fishman here. As California heads into its first weekend of sheltering-in-place as a state, I’ve been thinking a lot about the lessons I learned from the life of my grandfather. He always told me that if you live long enough, you will see virtually everything.
JSF Financial is an SEC-registered investment adviser; however such registration does not imply a certain level of skill or training and no inference to the contrary should be made. This website is being provided for informational purposes only and should not be considered investment advice or a reccomendation to buy or sell any securities. Securities offered through NewEdge Securities, LLC, member FINRA/SIPC. Financial advice is offered through JSF Financial, LLC, a Registered Investment Adviser. JSF Financial, LLC is not a subsidiary or control affiliate of NewEdge Securities, LLC.
Check the background of our investment professionals on FINRA’s BrokerCheck | finra.org | sipc.org | SF Form CRS | NewEdge Form CRS | Disclosures
© JSF Financial, LLC 2025