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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...

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...