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Investor Letter, by Lincoln Anderson, LPL Financial’s Managing Director, Chief Investment Officer - November 17, 2008. - “As with bridge failures, parts of our financial system collapsed suddenly, and now we have to assess the damage, figure out short-term work arounds, come up with short-term solutions to get the system up and running again, get rid of the rubble, study the mistakes made and learn from them, soberly design the new system, get agreement on the blueprint, and then rebuild. I am convinced the result will be a much stronger, much less risky and better designed fi nancial system…..” (read the pdf version)

Harrisonburg VA - November 17, 2008 - GOOD WEALTH MANAGEMENT, an Independent Financial Advisory Practice, announced today the release of WealthVision 5.3; WealthVision powered by eMoney, is a powerful web-based planning tool that offers account aggregation, and modular and comprehensive financial planning. New features available in Version 5.3 include integration with Outlook, Excel, your mobile device and much more!

Harrisonburg, VA - October 10, 2008 - GOOD WEALTH MANAGEMENT, an Independent Financial Advisory Practice, released today its 2008 - Third Quarter Commentary. The report shows Good Wealth Management’s view of the current as well as the future economic environment:
• Recession. We are entering a worldwide recession. The only questions are how severe and how long.
• Inflation. The massive deleveraging occurring in the credit markets is deflationary.
• Interest rates. In the short term, expect interest rates on US treasuries to decrease as inflation disappears and the flight to quality continues. (Longer term, massive government borrowing should push rates up sharply when the economy recovers.)
• Oil. Merrill Lynch just predicted the price of a barrel of oil will decline to $50. Our expectation is for
oil to go to $50-$75. (continue reading the pdf version)

The 2008 Fall Edition of the Financial Standard is now available. Topics include “Your Investments… in Challenging Times,” “Will Debt Compromise Your Retirement Security?” and “Politics and Personal Finance” (read the pdf version)
** The Financial Standard is a quarterly newsletter prepared by Standard & Poor’s.

Harrisonburg, VA - May 22, 2008 - GOOD WEALTH MANAGEMENT, an Independent Financial Advisory Practice, released today a new commentary document entitled: “Roadmap to Stock Market Investing,” by Edwin L. Good, ChFC, MBA.

Third Quarter Commentary (October 10, 2008) (click to read pdf); Beginning in October 2007, the US stock market has declined for four straight quarters. In the recent quarter we saw breathtaking daily surges and plunges — including the DOW’s record-breaking one day decline of 778 points on Monday, September 29… (continue reading the pdf version)

Second Quarter Commentary (July 23, 2008) (click to read pdf); These second quarter results confirm our view described in “Roadmap to Stock Market Investing” that the investment environment for the next few years will be quite volatile and range-bound. Our goal as investment advisors is to continue to diversity into non-stock market assets and remain defensive. (read the pdf version)

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