There are good trends, with the movement of the millennials into their peak earning and spending years being one of the biggest. We need to focus on those as well. For the moment, however, with things as good as they are, the greater need is to keep an eye on the trends changing for the worse. So says Eeyore, anyway.
Brad McMillan is the chief investment officer at Commonwealth Financial Network, the nation’s largest privately held independent broker/dealer-RIA. He is the primary spokesperson for Commonwealth’s investment divisions. This post originally appeared on The Independent Market Observer, a daily blog authored by McMillan.