Brian J. Friedman, Pillar Group / Equitable Advisors, LLC

10/12/2026

Check out LPL Financial Research's Weekly Commentary on the market: "Credit Is Still Flowing, and Businesses Are Borrowing".https://static.fmgsuite.com/media/documents/2d8a7dfe-7fec-4523-bf2c-025094a083be.pdf

10/08/2026

Stocks finished the third quarter mixed. The S&P 500 gained 2.03%, and the Nasdaq Composite rose 2.47%, while the Dow Jones Industrial Average slipped 2.70%. Halloween is next on the calendar, with U.S. consumers expected to spend \$13.5 billion USD this year and 6.26 million Canadian children in their trick-or-treating years.

Quarterly Market Insights | October 2026 U.S. and Canadian Markets Stocks were mixed in the third quarter as economic, geopolitical, and corporate earnings news pushed the broad market higher while weighing on the Dow Industrials. The Standard & Poor’s 500 Index gained 2.03 percent, while the Nasd...

10/06/2026

Check out LPL's monthly client letter.https://static.fmgsuite.com/media/documents/bf53ae4b-81d3-4bd4-b487-b42d66cff90f.pdf

10/02/2026

Great few days in Nashville at the LPL Financial Wealth Planner Symposium.
A strong lineup of speakers, and even better conversations with advisors from across the country. We compared notes on investment analysis, practice management, and how firms are putting AI to work so we can spend more time on what matters most: serving clients well.
Grateful for the ideas, the peers, and the reminder that the best practices never stop learning.
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09/29/2026

Check out LPL Financial Research's Weekly Commentary on the market: "Stock Market’s Wall of Worry Gets Taller?" https://static.fmgsuite.com/media/documents/85bcbd1c-c839-4e91-a380-2fb602af3e60.pdf

09/22/2026

Check out LPL Financial Research's Weekly Commentary on the market: "What's Holding Up Record Margins?"https://static.fmgsuite.com/media/documents/97aaf834-e042-444e-86eb-7e95e6028f62.pdf

09/16/2026

Markets pushed higher in August as AI-driven optimism helped investors look past softer economic data. The S&P 500 gained 2.62% and the S&P/TSX Composite rose 2.96%, even as softening retail sales kept consumer spending in focus. Back-to-school season adds another data point to that story, with spending expected to reach \$146.8 billion in the U.S. and \$4.5 billion in Canada this year.

Monthly Market Insights | September 2026 U.S. and Canadian Markets Renewed enthusiasm for AI pushed stocks higher in August as investors looked past mixed economic signals. The Standard & Poor’s 500 Index advanced 2.62 percent, while the Nasdaq Composite rose 3.93 percent. The Dow Jones Industrial...

09/15/2026

Check out LPL Financial Research's Weekly Commentary on the market: "What History Says About Fed Hikes and Stocks". https://static.fmgsuite.com/media/documents/9a071a37-9e1e-4c8d-91c7-0ffb26a3195e.pdf

09/08/2026

Check out LPL Financial Research's Weekly Commentary on the market: "Signs Point to a Normalization, Not a Crisis". https://static.fmgsuite.com/media/documents/0a8e095d-26db-4c5c-8028-5f14e2b97921.pdf

09/01/2026

Check out LPL's monthly client letter.https://static.fmgsuite.com/media/documents/75289a3f-a886-4a42-b15f-b694ecc66ad7.pdf