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08 Oct 2025 Your Wealth Doesn’t Have to Make You Anxious

Posted at 15:56h in The Friday Brief by Jared Korver, CPA, CFP®

Over time, I have become convinced that the number one side effect of wealth is anxiety. There are many, many reasons for it: the loneliness, the intangible, no-boundary "knowledge work" that typically accompanies wealth building, the proliferation of decision fatigue and complexity management, the tiresome...

04 Sep 2025 The Math Is Always There

Posted at 15:27h in The Friday Brief by Jared Korver, CPA, CFP®

The legendary New York fashion photographer Bill Cunningham once said "Money is the cheapest thing. Liberty is the most expensive." A man of tremendous simplicity and fierce independence, this was not just a mantra for him, but something of a lifelong philosophy borne out by...

31 Jul 2025 More Bendy, Less Breaky

Posted at 13:52h in The Friday Brief by Jared Korver, CPA, CFP®

Just over ten years ago, Seth Godin wrote the following: It's tempting to invest time, money and emotion into gaining control over the future. Security guards, written policies, reinforced concrete—there are countless ways we can enforce our control over nature, random events and fellow humans. The problem is...

19 Jun 2025 Make Sports Betting Fringe Again

Posted at 12:48h in The Friday Brief by Jared Korver, CPA, CFP®

Last summer I sort of obliquely touched on my hatred of online sports betting, but as the problem has only gotten worse and I have only gotten more disturbed by it, here is a more direct attempt: The meteoric rise of FanDuel and DraftKings is...