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09 May 2024 This Is Your Brain On TikTok (And Other Drugs)

Posted at 14:16h in The Friday Brief by Jared Korver, CPA, CFP®

"How TikTok Is Wiring Gen Z’s Money Brain. Endless videos about the economy and consumerism are giving 20-somethings a case of 'money dysmorphia.'" Such was the title and subtitle of an article in the Wall Street Journal last weekend. In the infinite algorithmic loop of TikTok, users...

11 Apr 2024 Financial Weirdos

Posted at 13:38h in The Friday Brief by Jared Korver, CPA, CFP®

In Philip Ball's Beyond Weird—which I am committing to finish before I dive into his newest book on biology—he makes this interesting point to open: "Quantum physics defies intuition, but we do it an injustice by calling that circumstance weird." For a long time, even in the early to...

29 Feb 2024 Is It Time To Talk About Bitcoin Again?

Posted at 17:21h in The Friday Brief by Jared Korver, CPA, CFP®

This week in the Wall Street Journal there was an article about…well actually the title, subtitle and your imagination are probably everything you need: “The TikTok Generation Turns to Sports Betting to Chip Away at Student Debt. Young men are trying to use ubiquitous online...

25 Jan 2024 Market High Soup For The Soul

Posted at 17:04h in The Friday Brief by Jared Korver, CPA, CFP®

Major stock indexes hit all-time highs over the last week, following a calendar year in 2023 where the S&P 500 was up nearly 25%. Bonds will take a bit longer to recover as rates continue to "normalize." A decade-plus run-up in bond prices (while rates...