Monthly Market Insights | September 2022

US Markets:  Renewed fears of higher rates and economic weakening, coupled with a tough talk by Fed Chair Jerome Powell and other Fed officials, sent stocks lower in August.   The Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped 4.06%. whereas the Standard & Poors 500 Index fell 4.24% and the Nasdaq Composite lost 4.64%.  A Strong Start: August…

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Hostage Data: Ransomware and Protecting Your Digital Information

On May 7, 2021, the Colonial Pipeline, which carries almost half of the East Coast’s fuel supply from Texas to New Jersey, shut down operations in response to a ransomware attack. Colonial paid a $4.4 million ransom not long after discovering the attack, and the pipeline was reopened within a week. While there was enough…

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