A Week of Surprises
Posted by: STEVE ARNETT
Posted on: August 15, 2011
If you were asked how the Dow performed for the week of 8/5/11, what would have been your answer? Hint: The Dow suffered its 6th and 9th worst point declines in its history. The answer is obvious or is it? But there is always a "but." It also contained the Dow's 10th and 11th best point increases in its history.For the week, the Dow only closed down <1.53%>. It sure felt a whole lot worse than that because people feel the pain of …
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Sharon Pryse's Comments on Debt Standoff in News-Sentinel
Posted by: DANIEL K. CARTER
Posted on: August 1, 2011
http://www.knoxnews.com/news/2011/jul/29/knoxville-advisers-tell-investors-to-hold-fast/
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End of Week Thoughts on the Debt Standoff
Posted by: JAKE HARPER
Posted on: July 29, 2011
Today's disappointing GDP and consumer confidence reports cap a week of equity market decline and continued uncertainty over the debt standoff. No doubt it will be a long weekend on Capitol Hill with a lot of unease for individual investors concerned over the impact of the budget conundrum on their own portfolio.The link below is to a transcript from yesterday morning on NPR that offers some encouraging insight and advice to investors from some of the …
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The Budget Conundrum
Posted by: SHARON PRYSE
Posted on: July 21, 2011
What is Congress going to do about the budget? What is The Trust Company doing to protect your portfolio? While we cannot speak for Congress, we do know that The Trust Company will stay the course. By talking to you about your cash needs (i.e. making sure that your portfolio can meet your distribution needs by holding short term investments) and determining your appropriate investment mix between stocks and bonds, we are able to take a longer …
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Stacy Roettger Named One of Knoxville's Top Attorneys
Posted by: KIM COCHRANE
Posted on: July 12, 2011
Congratulations to Stacy Roettger, Senior Vice President and Manager of Personal Trust, for being named one of Knoxville's Top Attorneys in the July/August 2011 issue of CityView Magazine. Although The Trust Company does not draft documents, Stacy's deep knowledge of estate planning and trusts has proven to be invaluable to our clients.
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