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Bedel Blog

Aug 18, 2025

The Bonds that Tie – An Exciting Look at Fixed Income

With today’s yields being much higher than the close to 0% yields that prevailed for many years,...

Aug 11, 2025

How the One Big Beautiful Bill Act Impacts Charitable Giving

There will be significant changes to charitable giving in 2026, and taxpayers of all income...

Aug 4, 2025

Is America’s Tariff War Reshaping the U.S. Economy?

The 2025 tariff regime marks the highest average effective US tariff rate since 1909, now...

Jul 28, 2025

“Trump Accounts”: A Family’s Guide to One Big Beautiful Opportunity

Trump Accounts are part of the OBBB and designed to encourage long-term, multigenerational...

GenNeXt Blog

Jun 14, 2024

Where Are You Putting All That Cash?

With the Federal Reserve’s rapid interest rate increases, more options exist for your cash to...

Apr 18, 2024

Instant Gratification? Not So Fast

It’s easy to opt for instant gratification when it comes to financial decisions. It feels good to...

Jan 22, 2024

The Lost Years: The Untold Truth About Your 30s

What people fail to talk about is how this phase of life is expensive and can easily throw a...

Jan 17, 2024

Important 529 Plan Changes

Any Indiana resident contributing to a CollegeChoice 529 plan is eligible for a refundable state...

BEDEL BAROMETER

Last updated August 2025

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What's this?

The Bedel Barometer was developed in 2009 to provide a measure of the overall health of the U.S. economy. To do this, we identified 7 key areas that have historically been strong indicators as to the strength of our economy. Using a score of either positive, negative or neutral, we assign a value to each of these and are able to combine the results and reflect the overall measure that you see today.

How each indicator stacks up today

The Bedel Barometer offers a comprehensive measure of the overall health of the U.S. economy.

BEDEL FINANCIAL GROWTH BY CLIENT INVESTMENT ASSETS

(DISCRETIONARY ASSETS UNDER MANAGEMENT)

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Values as of December 31st of each year