Shifting Leadership in Global Growth
• Global growth is stabilizing, but leadership has shifted back to developed markets. The U.S. and parts of Europe are driving the latest improvement in
August 18, 2026
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Doug English has been our financial advisor for over 20 years not only with our personal portfolio but also our company's profit sharing retirement account and other company investments. He is always available to quickly respond to any questions. He also has an excellent staff for support. They all go beyond any expectations. We have the upmost confidence with his management of our investments. He also has been an excellent advisor on other financial issues. He is very willing to help and discuss any financial situations. His knowledge and expertise are remarkable. We feel very confident investing with Act Advisors. Joye and Hubert S
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Wes WalkerDoug and his team at ACT-Advisors has been our go to for financial planning as well as some "Life" planning. We have worked with Doug for over 17 years, and he has helped us grow our retirement savings to where we will never have to worry about money again. Doug has very high integrity. Act-Advisors does not churn your saving to make money on trades. While not all of our saving is managed by Doug and ACT-Advisors, they still help us manage it responsibly and help us make better decisions for all of our saving whether they earn money from it or not. We have a great "peace of mind" because even during the worst downturns in the past 17 years we have never been hit as hard as the Markets and been able to be confident that we are well protected by sound investments and not by costly products or gimmicks. We have personally recommended Doug and Act-Advisors to our friends and family, and they continue to be loyal members as well. Before we decided to invest with ACT-Advisors we interviewed other large service providers, but none understood us or listened like Doug. To this day Doug and his team know us personally and takes a real interest in what we are doing, how our family is doing and growing and helps us make good long-term decisions for them as well. We expect to continue to work with Doug and his team for many more years and we are looking forward to even a brighter tomorrow because of their help and support.
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