The Fed Hiked on September 16. Here’s What It Means for Markets — and Why Our Model Didn’t Flinch
Markets & Monetary Policy The Fed Hiked on September 16. Here’s What It Means for Markets — and Why Our Model Didn’t Flinch The first rate hike since 2023, in a midterm year. Why a single hike is not a regime change, what our guardrails are telling us, and how our two strategies are positioned. […]
BRICS Pay and the Dollar: What Changed, What Didn’t
Gary Korolev, CFA Sovereign Wealth Management September 18, 2026 The Fed’s rate hike on Wednesday was the central-bank story everyone watched this week. The one that will matter longer happened three days earlier and got a fraction of the attention: at the BRICS summit in New Delhi on September 12–13, eleven countries representing roughly 40% […]
Washington Blinked on Crypto. The Core Holds.
The Senate’s crypto market-structure bill died on a procedural vote this week. For most Sovereign clients the answer to “what does this mean for me” is: very little — and here is why. By Gary Korolev, CFASovereign Wealth ManagementSeptember 16, 2026 49–50 Senate vote on advancing the CLARITY Act — eleven short of the 60 […]
Comprehensive Retirement Planning Seminar – Secure Your Financial Future!
Two disciplines that determine what a retirement looks like, and which are almost never planned together: how income is drawn, and how what remains is passed on. Gary Korolev, CFA, is joined by attorney Gerarda Culipher for a seminar covering both sides — the financial architecture of retirement income and the Virginia-specific legal structures that […]
Market Update: Navigating Uncertainty and Identifying Opportunities
Politics generates headlines. Liquidity moves prices. This update is mostly about the second one. A comprehensive look at where markets and the economy stand — the macro season we are in, what the dollar is doing to global liquidity, why retail sentiment is worth reading backwards, and how the Federal Reserve’s balancing act shapes the […]
Annuities and High-Interest Rates: A Good Time to Consider Securing Your Investment
A rate cycle gives with one hand and takes with the other. For anyone buying guaranteed income, this is the hand that gives — and it does not stay open indefinitely. Annuity payouts have risen sharply alongside interest rates. The mechanism is straightforward, the window is finite, and the decision is one of the few […]