The Main Street Group

10/15/2025

We are saddened by the passing of Steve Crawford, founder and financial advisor at The Main Street Group. Everyone here at TMSG will miss him dearly.

View Steven G. Crawford's obituary, send flowers and sign the guestbook.

12/18/2024

Spreading holiday cheer at Kan Pai! 🎄✨
Wishing everyone a joyful holiday season from all of us at The Main Street Group!

10/31/2024

Happy Halloween from TMSG! 🎃🧡

12/24/2021

Despite consumers trying to get ahead of the holiday shopping season, retail sales showed minimal growth for November. AP News has the scoop @ https://bit.ly/3scsH1C

NEW YORK (AP) — Americans slowed their spending from October to November but continued shopping ahead of the critical holiday season, brushing off rising prices and shortages. Retail sales rose a modest, seasonally adjusted 0.3% in November compared with the previous month when sales jumped 1.8%, ...

12/23/2021

The Federal Reserve will end bond buying and pandemic support measures by March 2022, and has planned for 3 rate hikes by the end of 2022. Reuters has the details @ https://reut.rs/3oZgtah

The Federal Reserve said on Wednesday it would end its pandemic-era bond purchases in March and pave the way for three quarter-percentage-point interest rate hikes by the end of 2022 as the economy nears full employment and the U.S. central bank copes with a surge of inflation.

12/22/2021

Tornadoes ripped through the Central U.S., and may be the costliest tornado outbreak on record. Insurance Journal has the details @ https://bit.ly/3dYHt3u

A group of tornadoes that tore across the central U.S. on December 10 and 11 resulted in widespread damage in several states and could serve as the

12/21/2021

It’s not too late to set yourself up for financial success in the New Year. CNBC has the details @ https://cnb.cx/3macXbg

Take advantage of these investment and tax strategies that could become more expensive or go away altogether in 2022.

12/19/2021

12/17/2021

Charitable giving during the holiday season this year takes on a new, happier meaning when it comes to tax deductions. USA Today has the details @ https://bit.ly/3EFekGg

Thinking about making a charitable contribution? Check out the special tax break for donations made by the end of 2021.

12/16/2021

Life insurance policies paid out over $90 billion in 2020, a 15.4% increase over 2019. That’s the largest year-over-year increase since the 1918 Influenza Epidemic. Fortune has the details @ https://bit.ly/3IAzQ1m

Life Insurance policies saw a 15.4% increase last year over 2019. That’s the largest year-over-year increase since the 1918 Influenza Epidemic.

12/15/2021

The number of shipping containers that left the nation’s nine largest ports without cargo rose by 46.2% so far this year compared to 2020. MarketWatch has the details @ https://on.mktw.net/3rNnJrO

Data collected by MarketWatch from the nation’s nine largest ports show the number of containers that left without cargo rose by 46.2% this year from 2020.