Simple Strategies for First-time Investors
From the time we are little, we hear cautionary tales about the importance of saving and investing. Rarely, however, does someone ever take the time to explain the underlying reasons why. Instead of being motivated by the positives, many of us approach investing...
Quarterly Economic Review 2nd Quarter 2021
Let’s start with the good news! The U.S. economy is in full recovery mode. Every major domestic equity index is well into positive territory on a year-to-date basis—many periodically flirting with setting new all-time highs during the quarter. In fact, since its...
Funding a Side Business
It’s perhaps the one silver lining that’s emerged from the cloud of last year’s COVID lockdowns—the realization of just how untethered many of us can actually be from the traditional office workplace. Technology has not only freed us from the normal 9 to 5 office...
Financial Advisor Spotlight: Nick Bucci
Nicholas Bucci, CFP®Financial Advisor GET TO KNOW NICK BUCCI Name: Nicholas Bucci How long have you worked at BLBB Advisors LLC? 2 Years Why did you decide to become a financial advisor? I decided to become a financial advisor because it allowed me to combine...
Higher Education Funding
What’s your most pressing long-term financial concern? For most Americans, saving enough money for a comfortable retirement will likely top the list. Often, however, their #2 concern will be funding a child’s or grandchild’s education. It’s not surprising when you...
Quarterly Economic Review – 1st Quarter 2021
Thanks to vaccination efforts around the country and the world, 'slowly getting back to normal’ is one of the overarching themes for the first quarter of the year. At the time of writing this update, the U.S. had just surpassed the 100 million vaccination milestone...
Connections
While you are probably well-aware of BLBB’s investment management and financial planning services, did you know we also provide a suite of complementary and related services to our clients? We take a holistic approach to working with each of our clients and are...
ROBB PARLANTI NAMED PRINCIPAL OF BLB&B ADVISORS, LLC
MONTGOMERYVILLE, PENNSYLVANIA – February 2021 BLB&B Advisors, LLC is pleased to announce that Robb J. Parlanti, CFA has been named the newest Principal of the firm. In this capacity, he joins John Lawton, Clifford Haugen, Laura Brewer, Dean Karrash, and Doug...
Medicare & Social Security – Know Your Options
These are two of the critical retirement goals every investor should be thinking about: Ensuring that you’re able to generate enough income throughout your life, without running out of money, and Protecting your savings from being depleted by healthcare costs. Also,...
Quarterly Economic Review – 4th Quarter 2020
As we pen this update, the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine is being transported across the nation for distribution while a second Moderna vaccine awaits emergency authorization from the FDA. In clinical trials, both vaccines produced demonstrated efficacy rates of 95% – a...