02 Nov 2023

Posted at 15:16h in The Friday Brief by

How long will the Fed keep rates where they are? Is there another rate hike coming, or will rates start to come down again? If so, when? In the meantime what’s in store for my portfolio? The answer or course—to these and many other important questions—is...

12 Oct 2023

Posted at 16:44h in The Friday Brief by

Three and a half years ago, just before COVID hit and housing markets went even higher while interest rates skyrocketed, Ryan wrote a brief entitled "Your Home is Not An Investment (You Probably Won’t Downsize)." An alternative title probably could have been "You Might Downsize...

05 Oct 2023

Posted at 13:31h in The Friday Brief by

There is a pretty strong body of evidence pointing toward the idea that the reduction in independent play in children has been instrumental in the rise of anxiety and depression in children and teens in the U.S. As a parent, this makes intuitive sense on some level,...