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29 Oct 2020 What If You’re Wrong?

Posted at 20:07h in The Friday Brief by Jared Korver, CPA, CFP®

What if your job isn't secure? What if your trading strategy fails? What if housing prices don't go up forever? What if this isn't the end of the world? What if you get through this? What if things turn out better than you imagined? Maybe the most...

09 Oct 2020 The Psychology of Money

Posted at 00:55h in The Friday Brief by Jared Korver, CPA, CFP®

"Doing well with money has a little to do with how smart you are and a lot to do with how you behave. And behavior is hard to teach, even to really smart people." That's the premise of Morgan Housel's new book, The Psychology of Money,...

18 Sep 2020 Nikola and Startup Investing

Posted at 06:00h in The Friday Brief by Jared Korver, CPA, CFP®

"The short seller said a 2018 promotional video showing a prototype of a Nikola semi-truck traveling down the road was staged and that the truck was rolling down a hill rather than propelling itself...

11 Sep 2020 Nervy Week, Nervy Q4?

Posted at 06:00h in The Friday Brief by Jared Korver, CPA, CFP®

[caption id="attachment_12133" align="alignleft" width="300"] COVID chart or Stock Market chart?[/caption] It's been a nervy week of trading in the stock market! Particularly for tech stocks. The Nasdaq Composite Index (which is heavily weighted toward tech stocks) fell more than 10% in just three trading sessions after...