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Leadership, Resilience, and Purpose: Reflections on Season 6
On the season six finale of Speaking of Quality, Hank Smith is joined by Maxine Cuffe, Vice President & Director of Global Strategies at Haverford Trust, to reflect on each episode, highlight some of their favorite stories and discuss important lessons learned.
How to Navigate the Modern Workplace
Hank Smith welcomes Ana Welsh, workplace dynamics strategist, leadership coach, speaker and lecturer at The Wharton School, for a conversation about the skills that make workers indispensable in today’s workplace.
Fed to still cut rates this year, even as high oil prices spark an uptick in inflation: CNBC Fed Survey
CNBC - John Donaldson, Vice President & Director of Fixed Income, was quoted in [...]
The S&P 500 hit an all-time high six days into a government shutdown. It seems nothing will slow this market down as long as three critical ingredients are in place: 1) easing monetary policy, 2) strong earnings growth, and 3) AI optimism. At least for now, weaker employment data, geo-politics, and weak consumer sentiment just doesn't matter.
During the third quarter of 2025, the S&P 500 rose nearly 8%, recorded 24 all-time high closes, and was never down more than 2%. Heading into the final quarter of the year we anticipate three major trends from the third quarter will continue to power the market’s steady ascension.
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Hank Smith is joined by Carly Meyer Bentley, CEO & Founder, The Freckled Strawberry, Inc., on this episode of Speaking of Quality to discuss entrepreneurship, the importance of financial literacy and how to navigate your relationship with money.
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The economic data released on Friday, August 29th was in line with expectations. Headline Personal Consumption Expenditure Price Index (PCE), the Fed’s preferred measure of inflation, increased 2.6% year-over-year while Core PCE, which excludes food and energy prices, increased 2.9%. Personal income was up 0.4% compared to the previous month while personal spending increased 0.5%.
RADNOR, PA – SEPTEMBER 3, 2025 – The Haverford Trust Company, a private firm [...]
Philadelphia Business Journal — The following employees of The Haverford Trust Company were recently [...]
Jason Salmon, CFP®, Wealth Planner jsalmon@haverfordquality.com Unpacking the One Big Beautiful Bill Act After months [...]
