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If you’re worried about your bond portfolio, you’re missing the point

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A friend who’s close to retirement texted that she was concerned about the bond market. She’d been building out that fixed-income allocation over the past several years at the urging of her adviser. Her message made me wonder if some people might have misguided ideas about bonds. Volatility is much lower than for stocks For one thing, notwithstanding the recent headlines, bonds’ volatility is almost always going to be mild alongside the fluctuations that stocks experience. For example, on Sept. 1, 2026, a day when bonds grabbed the top headline on The Wall Street Journal’s ...

US hiring slows and unemployment ticks higher

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WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. employers added a disappointing 29,000 jobs and the unemployment rate ticked up last month, the government reported Friday, a month before voters go to the polls in pivotal midterm elections at a time of discontent over the high cost of living and the state of the economy. Hiring dropped from a revised 133,000 in August, the Labor Department said. The unemployment rate rose to a still-low 4.2% from 4.1% in August. Economists had expected September payrolls to come in around 90,000. Labor Department revisions also shaved 60,000 jobs off combined July and ...

Canfield officials give updates at chamber event

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CANFIELD - It was a packed house Thursday for the 2026 Youngtown/Warren Regional Chamber’s Good Evening Canfield event at Waypoint 4180, where updates were given by local government and school district officials, and two special awards were presented. The first award was the Business Pride Award, given to Chuck Whitman of CTW Development. Whitman had the vision for the Westford Lifestyle Community and Waypoint 4180. Whitman’s son, Brad Whitman, presented future projects for the Westford area, including a big project slated to begin in the spring known as “The Street.” “We ...

Anne Allen was first woman indicted for murder in Mahoning County

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125 Years Ago, 1901, transcribed as originally published in the Youngstown Vindicator: “Murder in first degree the indictment returned against Anne L. Allen. First time in history of Mahoning County that such a count has been returned against a woman.” “Murder in the first degree. For the first time in the history of Mahoning County a grand jury has returned such an indictment against a woman. “Such a bill was found in the case of Mrs. Anne L. Allen, who is charged with the killing of her husband, James Allen, on August 7 of the present year. The indictment reads ...

'Dying to Know' seminar encourages planning to avert crisis

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For most families, conversations about death, aging, funeral planning, probate, hospice care and end-of-life wishes are often postponed until circumstances force them to be addressed. A recent community event in Boardman sought to change that by creating a comfortable setting where people could ask difficult questions before they find themselves facing a crisis. Davis Becker Funeral Home hosted “Dying to Know,” a free community open house that brought together professionals from a wide range of fields connected to aging, caregiving and end-of-life planning. Representatives from ...

Judge stresses timeline in Havas case

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CANFIELD — A man accused of an attempted assault on gubernatorial candidate Dr. Amy Acton at the Canfield Fair appeared in court for a pretrial hearing Friday. Since Patrick Havas, 38, of Canfield, was arrested at the fair on Sept. 6, prosecutors have determined that while he possessed a ...