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08 Jul 2021 In Praise of a Quiet Life

Posted at 08:00h in The Friday Brief by Jared Korver, CPA, CFP®

"By being in the top half for 14 years, he was in the top decile for the whole period. And I thought that was a great realization." I heard Howard Marks—the co-founder of Oaktree Capital Management—say that on a podcast a couple weeks ago. He was discussing...

10 Jun 2021 Sticky Baseballs and Playing The Right Game

Posted at 18:14h in The Friday Brief by Jared Korver, CPA, CFP®

Major League Baseball is an interesting place right now. After a number of seasons where offensive numbers (especially home runs) have been trending higher than ever, a number of things have happened to suddenly and drastically curtail offensive output: a new baseball was put into...

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...