Category: News & Updates

Southeastern Trust was proud to be a Gold Sponsor of the 2019 Georgia Federal Tax Conference, presented by the Georgia Society of CPAs.

Learn more about the highlights of the month with Southeastern Trust’s June Market Update.

On June 1st our staff celebrated our First Anniversary as an independent trust company with Looie and the Chattanooga Lookouts. It’s been an incredible year and we’re thankful for the …

A simple way to look at the results and highlights of market activity from May.

A simple way to look at the results and highlights of market activity from April.

Gail Davis, our trust administrator, recently presented to the Atlanta Bar Association about how to structure special needs trusts to provide for family members with a disability.

We expect 2019 to be categorized by positive, yet slowing, economic growth. Find out why in our annual economic forecast.

Economic growth exceeds 3.5% in the third quarter. This pace of economic growth was a slowdown from the 4.2% pace in the 2nd quarter of 2018. The growth was slightly above consensus estimates and was boosted by strong growth in inventories.

On the economic front, second-quarter growth was at slightly more than 4.1%, a level not seen in four years. We maintain a positive view of global growth and equities in general but with some downside risks increasing at the margin.

Gross domestic product (GDP) grew by a surprisingly stronger-than-expected annualized pace of 2.3% in the first quarter of 2018, representing the best first-quarter growth in three years. Meanwhile, muted wage growth reinforced the Fed’s gradual approach to raising interest rates.