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15 Jun 2023 Beacon Summer Reading List

Posted at 15:51h in The Friday Brief by Geoff Hall, CFP®

The summer season is finally here, and for many that presents an opportunity to slow down. If you’re like us at Beacon, you might plan to use some of your extra downtime reading a good book. We all have a long list of books that...

08 Jun 2023 A Narrow Rally and Other Market Thoughts

Posted at 15:18h in The Friday Brief by Ryan Smith, CFP®, RICP®, CTS™, MSFP

On Friday, June 2nd, the S&P 500 closed at 4,282.37, which on its own is meaningless. Combined with where it closed on October 12th, 2022 (3,577.03), and we see that it got as close as possible to a bull market rally without actually realizing it,...

01 Jun 2023 The Pursuit of Life and Style

Posted at 19:58h in The Friday Brief by Jared Korver, CPA, CFP®

Earlier this week Amy and I watched an episode of Seinfeld where Elaine's boss, Mr. Pitt, becomes so obsessed with a 3-D art print that he can't stop staring at it and nearly loses his mind. I can relate in two ways: First, I always...

25 May 2023 Mind the Financial Media

Posted at 13:03h in The Friday Brief by Geoff Hall, CFP®

A quick visit to the CNBC website will surely remind you of the laundry list of things we “should” be concerned about in the financial world these days. Everything from the debt ceiling talks and China to inflation and bank failures. That can make it...