UMDF Participation Rate
Through 1st Q 2024
 3.0%
Loan rate 4.95%

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Development Fund Deposit Rate Increase

We are pleased to announce that effective April 1, 2024, the United Methodist Development Fund will raise the interest rate paid on participation accounts to 3.50%.  Participation account funds are fully liquid and, unlike certificates of deposit (CD), are not locked in for a particular time period.  The loan rate is 4.95%.

By |2024-03-28T15:55:12+00:00March 28th, 2024|United Methodist General News|0 Comments

Church Building/Renovation Grants Now Available!

The Board of the Development Fund for Kentucky and Tennessee and the Foundation for the Tennessee-Western KY Conference is pleased to announce the establishing of a new grant program.  These grants are to aid churches or affiliated Conference entities with building or renovation projects.  The criteria are as follows: The project must contribute directly to [...]

By |2024-01-30T17:10:49+00:00January 30th, 2024|United Methodist General News|0 Comments

Q4 2023 Market Perspectives

January 16, 2024 Q4 2023 Colony Market Perspectives 2023 was a reminder of how common it is for investment markets to confound the greatest number of investors. Most prognosticators entered 2023 predicting that inflation would remain sticky and that the Federal Reserve’s (Fed’s) epic monetary tightening campaign would push the economy into a recession. This [...]

By |2024-01-18T16:14:07+00:00January 18th, 2024|United Methodist General News|0 Comments

Q 3 2023 Colony Group Market Perspectives

October 17, 2023 Q3 2023 Colony Market Perspectives Introduction Equity markets declined during the third quarter following a surprisingly strong first half of the year. Investors had started to warm to the idea that the Federal Reserve (Fed) was successfully guiding the U.S. economy towards a soft landing, which would ultimately allow the Fed to [...]

By |2023-11-10T17:18:14+00:00November 10th, 2023|United Methodist General News|0 Comments

Q2 2023 Colony Market Perspectives

Q2 2023 Colony Market Perspectives July 13, 2023 Q2 2023 Colony Market Perspectives The rally in equities continued unabated during the second quarter, discrediting those prognosticators that were calling for a difficult first half of the year. The banking sector, which emerged as an issue during the previous quarter, had another casualty, as First Republic [...]

By |2023-07-24T15:14:00+00:00July 24th, 2023|United Methodist General News|0 Comments

4th Quarter 2022 Market Perspectives

Dear Clients and Friends, 2022 was a challenging year for investors, as both equities and bonds posted losses. Most stock markets across the world experienced a bear market during the year. Despite less exposure to the turmoil caused by Russia, U.S. stocks underperformed international stocks, with the S&P 500 Index and MSCI ACWI ex U.S. [...]

By |2023-01-18T19:39:32+00:00January 18th, 2023|United Methodist General News|0 Comments

3rd Quarter 2022 Market Perspectives

Dear Clients and Friends, Investment markets got off to a promising start in the third quarter before ending with a thud. After a challenging first half of the year, risk assets began a recovery in mid-June with the S&P 500 rising 17.4% between June 16 and August 16. Bonds also staged a rally with the [...]

By |2022-11-07T14:57:19+00:00November 7th, 2022|United Methodist General News|0 Comments

2nd Quarter 2022 Market Perspectives

  Dear Clients and Friends, Investment markets experienced a rough first half. As we consider how the rest of the year may unfold, we encourage clients to keep their wits about them.  While the world has challenges ahead, we remind you that despite the multitude of crises we have endured over the past 100 years, [...]

By |2022-07-28T18:55:12+00:00July 28th, 2022|United Methodist General News|0 Comments