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13 Apr 2023 24 Hours of Adrenalin

Posted at 16:21h in The Friday Brief by Geoff Hall, CFP®, RICP®

When I was younger, my friends and I used to enjoy competing in endurance races like the 24 Hours of Adrenalin race in Conyers, Georgia. It was basically a mountain bike event that involved completing as many laps as possible of the mountain bike course...

30 Mar 2023 Three Takeaways from the Silicon Valley Bank Failure

Posted at 07:00h in The Friday Brief by Ryan Smith, CFP®, RICP®, CTS™, MSFP

Three weeks ago today, Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) was put into receivership by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) after experiencing outflows of more than $40B the day before. Since then, most of the conversation has focused on how the FDIC balances their own insurance...

23 Mar 2023 People Aren’t Bored Anymore

Posted at 16:08h in The Friday Brief by Jared Korver, CPA, CFP®

Almost exactly two years ago I wrote a blog entitled NFTs, SPACs, WSB, and the Problem of Boredom. The purpose of the blog was to point to the absurd excesses represented by non-fungible tokens (NFTs), special purposes acquisition companies (SPACs), and crypto projects of various sorts....

16 Mar 2023 Is My Money Safe?

Posted at 13:28h in The Friday Brief by Geoff Hall, CFP®, RICP®

It's a reasonable question to ask. One that is most often asked during times of stock market volatility like we experienced during last year's bear market. The answers to the question in that context are often centered around portfolio diversification (don't put all your eggs...