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Expectations for global growth are rising. The near decade long bull market has been notable not just for its length, but also the negative lens investors have viewed it through. For anyone who regularly reads financial publications or watches investment news on television, the impression left seems to be one of worry due to sluggish – but positive – economic growth and concerns about geopolitical events. That narrative has begun to turn in recent months. In the first quarter, S&P 500 companies reported a 14% earnings improvement from a year earlier, along with 75% of companies beating

West Financial Services is excited to celebrate our 35th anniversary. Around the time of our founding in February of 1982, the U.S. economy was mired in a recession. Then Federal Reserve Chairman Paul Volcker was using monetary policy to crush double digit levels of inflation. Also at that time, the price of a gallon of gasoline was just over one dollar, the S&P 500 traded around 120, and “Physical” by Olivia Newton-John was the #1 hit single. Over the years, we have experienced three more recessions and numerous stock market corrections...

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