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18 Mar 2021 NFTs, SPACs, WSB, and the Problem of Boredom

Posted at 19:20h in The Friday Brief by Jared Korver, CPA, CFP®

There's a lot going on in the world of finance right now: Non-fungible tokens (NFTs) are dominating the conversation in the most nonsensical way, Bitcoin is ravenous, SPACs are cashing the blank checks that investors have handed them, awful stocks have seen huge volume and...

26 Feb 2021 Money, Beliefs, and What’s Behind the Korver Curtain?

Posted at 01:27h in The Friday Brief by Jared Korver, CPA, CFP®

In the last two briefs of January, Ryan and Geoff wrote about their personal finances, the way they invest, and how they got to Beacon, and I was going to follow suit until GameStop happened and we felt compelled to pause the regularly scheduled content to address that...

04 Feb 2021 GameStop. Ever Heard of It?

Posted at 21:51h in The Friday Brief by Jared Korver, CPA, CFP®

At this point, I don't know how much there is to be gained by wading into the vastly oversaturated territory of GameStop-related (and AMC, Blackberry, et al) material. In doing so I run the risk of dragging into the fray those of you who've made...

14 Jan 2021 The Passing of the Torch

Posted at 14:58h in The Friday Brief by Jared Korver, CPA, CFP®

I don't watch It's a Wonderful Life every year, but I did this Christmas, and I noticed something I hadn't before. In a pivotal scene with George in his dad's old office at the Building and Loan, I saw this wall hanging in the background. It reads: "All...