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10 Jul 2020 Let’s Get Tactical, Shall We?

Posted at 07:30h in The Friday Brief by Jared Korver, CPA, CFP®

The hardest question I ever get asked is this: Which is better, Eastern North Carolina barbecue or Western (really, Lexington) North Carolina barbecue? The question isn't hard to answer because I don't know what I think about it (Eastern is 100% the best, though both...

19 Jun 2020 Contagious Diseases, Vices, and Virtues

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

In my annual late-December reading of Charles Dickens' delightful short story A Christmas Carol, one of my favorite lines is this: "It is a fair, even-handed, noble adjustment of things, that while there is infection in disease and sorrow, there is nothing in the world so...

29 May 2020 New Website, Same Great Service

Posted at 07:00h in The Friday Brief by Jared Korver, CPA, CFP®

Unless you are visiting our site for the first time (in which case, welcome!!), you will have noticed by now that it's new and--we believe and hope--improved. A website for any sort of professional services firm is an interesting thing. We don't sell a tangible product...

01 May 2020 Tough Facts To Swallow

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

Here are some facts which I present, for now, without commentary: From February 19th to March 23rd the U.S. stock market was down about 35%. Since March 23rd, the market has been up over 30%. The stock market is still down about 15% since the...