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20 May 2021 Should Your Teenager Trade Stocks?

Posted at 20:14h in The Friday Brief by Jared Korver, CPA, CFP®

Earlier this week Fidelity made some waves for an announcement that "it will issue debit cards and offer investing and savings accounts to 13- to 17-year-olds whose parents or guardians also invest with the firm. The accounts will let teens buy and sell U.S. stocks, Fidelity...

29 Apr 2021 Subtractive Changes and Financial Peace

Posted at 18:56h in The Friday Brief by Jared Korver, CPA, CFP®

When I think about writing, I have two rules. The first came to me by way of my 8th grade teacher, Mrs. Vermeulen: Sometime in high school or maybe even college, long after she was my official teacher, she said, "Jared, the only difference between writers...

08 Apr 2021 Getting Advice From Elves

Posted at 19:40h in The Friday Brief by Jared Korver, CPA, CFP®

“But it is said: Do not meddle in the affairs of wizards, for they are subtle and quick to anger. The choice is yours: to go or wait." "And it is also said," answered Frodo: "Go not to the Elves for counsel for they will answer...

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...