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22 Oct 2020 7 Important Year-End Planning Opportunities

Posted at 18:29h in The Friday Brief by Geoff Hall, CFP®, RICP®

At Beacon, we believe that when it comes to planning and investing, you should spend all your effort focusing on things you can control. That seems like such an obvious strategy but it's amazing how easy it is to let the things we can't control...

01 Oct 2020 Election Day Jitters

Posted at 14:05h in The Friday Brief by Geoff Hall, CFP®, RICP®

'Tis the season for political ads, campaign yard signs and presidential debates. I knew the 2020 presidential election was nearing but for some reason, probably Tuesday’s debate, I just realized how close it actually is. As of the posting of this brief, Election Day is...

03 Sep 2020 How Much Apple Do You Own?

Posted at 20:33h in The Friday Brief by Geoff Hall, CFP®, RICP®

There's almost always something interesting going on with the stock market. Lately, it’s been hard to ignore the dominance of large U.S. technology stocks. The fact that the stock market, as measured by the S&P 500, is up 9.16% year-to-date as of September 1st is...

13 Aug 2020 Speaking of Social Security

Posted at 16:26h in The Friday Brief by Geoff Hall, CFP®, RICP®

In 1985, I was 13 years old. That year I earned $484 working at a local tennis club taking care of the clay tennis courts. My job involved sweeping the courts with a wide pull-behind broom, cleaning the line tape with a line broom and...