Food Drive Prep for Ruth’s Harvest
Join Advent Partners as we help prepare for Ruth’s Harvest’s Food Drive. Ruth’s Harvest is a local ministry that provides free weekend meal backpacks to food-insecure children in the Gettysburg Area School District. Nearly half of GASD elementary students qualify for free or reduced lunch — Ruth’s Harvest fills the gap between Friday and Monday with volunteer-packed food, no questions asked.
When: August 14, 2–4 PM
Where: 1400 Proline Place
August 3 Market Update
The Federal Reserve held interest rates steady again this week, though the decision wasn’t unanimous — several regional Fed presidents pushed for a rate hike, citing inflation that remains above target. Meanwhile, ongoing Middle East tensions are keeping energy prices elevated, leaving the door open to a hike before year-end.
This week’s Market Update also unpacks the “K-shaped economy”: a pattern where higher-income households benefit from strong stock and housing markets while lower-income households face pressure from the same forces. It’s a reminder that headline economic data doesn’t tell the whole story — and why financial planning built around your specific goals matters more than short-term market moves.
Watch this week’s Market Update for the full breakdown, and reach out to your Advent Partners advisor with any questions about your financial plan.
In this week’s Market Update, Advent Partners breaks down what’s moving markets and what it means for long-term investors. Our Financial Planning approach doesn’t change with the headlines: resist the urge to react to daily volatility, avoid timing the Federal Reserve or earnings season, and use active weeks like this one to check your portfolio against your target allocation rather than make short-term bets.
Advent Partners provides ongoing Market Updates and Financial Planning guidance built around one principle: a resilient portfolio beats a well-timed one.
July 30 Market Update
What’s driving markets this week? A packed economic calendar — the Federal Reserve’s rate decision, GDP data from the US and Europe, inflation reports, jobs numbers, and Big Tech earnings — all arriving in the same five-day stretch, following a relief rally sparked by easing geopolitical tensions.
In this week’s Market Update, Advent Partners breaks down what’s moving markets and what it means for long-term investors. Our Financial Planning approach doesn’t change with the headlines: resist the urge to react to daily volatility, avoid timing the Federal Reserve or earnings season, and use active weeks like this one to check your portfolio against your target allocation rather than make short-term bets.
Advent Partners provides ongoing Market Updates and Financial Planning guidance built around one principle: a resilient portfolio beats a well-timed one.
July 24 Market Update
Strong earnings, choppy markets — here’s why both can be true at once. In this update, we unpack the earnings-vs-expectations gap driving recent volatility and explain why our approach to your portfolio doesn’t change based on short-term market swings.
July 10 MarketUpdate
This week: SpaceX joined the NASDAQ 100 less than a month after going public, and that matters even if you don’t own the stock directly, since index funds like Invesco’s QQQ are now required to hold it. We break down why that’s happening, what it means for volatility, and what’s next for Anthropic and OpenAI.
We also cover the Trump Accounts program, now officially live. What does it offers, who qualifies, and how the numbers could play out over a child’s lifetime.
Colin Bernd, Financial Advisor at Advent Partners, walks through this week’s market commentary.