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20 Nov 2015 The Joy of Exploration

Posted at 09:24h in The Friday Brief by Jared Korver, CPA, CFP®

"But language is a treacherous thing, a most unsure vehicle."

Mark Twain said that, and I can't disagree with him. Mastering the technical, dictionary definitions of words is good, but will only get you part way to communicating fully. That's because words don't always stick to their technical, dictionary definitions. They reshape themselves, sometimes drastically, based on the countless different contexts in which they find themselves written or read, spoken or heard.

13 Nov 2015 The Cost of Delay

Posted at 13:54h in The Friday Brief by Sam Bass Jr.

I took a good look at my to do list yesterday. You know the list we add things to and instantly feel we've accomplished a big part of the task merely by writing it down? My list contains things like cleaning the gutters, fixing a crack in...

06 Nov 2015 New Budget Deal Affects Social Security Strategies

Posted at 09:26h in The Friday Brief by Geoff Hall, CFP®, RICP®

First the good news: the House and Senate passed a new budget deal last week that suspends the debt limit until 2017 and increases funding levels for a number of federal programs. President Obama signed the deal into law on Monday, avoiding a government debt default and reducing the risk of a government shutdown in December.

30 Oct 2015 Please Federal Reserve: Raise Our Interest Rates

Posted at 12:00h in The Friday Brief by Sam Bass Jr.

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Fed Chair, Janet Yellen[/caption] The financial news is dominated by speculation of when the Fed will increase interest rates. It matters because the Fed is the only economic policy maker with any potential or apparent willingness to stimulate our economy. The Administration continues to pile on regulations and complicate the tax structure, while the Congress, through its brokenness, allows sequestration to continue cutting more deeply into the areas of government spending (defense and social) that are actually stimulative to economic growth.