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23 Jun 2022 Inflation and Values

Posted at 14:37h in The Friday Brief by Ryan Smith, CFP®, RICP®, CTS™, MSFP

Two big themes were on my mind last weekend: inflation and values. Why the former might occupy space in my mind is pretty self-explanatory--it's hard to take a breath without hearing/noticing how fast prices are rising. Ballooning costs have a macro-impact as well as a...

16 Jun 2022 Puke Days

Posted at 17:56h in The Friday Brief by Jared Korver, CPA, CFP®

In Frank Herbert's 1965 science fiction novel Dune, there is a phrase—really a mantra or incantation—used by the main character and his mother at various times when they are facing particularly challenging circumstances: "Fear is the mind-killer. Fear is the little-death that brings total obliteration. I will...

09 Jun 2022 Kiddie Tax 101

Posted at 20:24h in The Friday Brief by Ellen Martin

If you’re on any form of social media, you most likely saw pictures and videos circulating from last weekend's Platinum Jubilee celebrations for Queen Elizabeth. My favorite image of the bunch is of 4-year old Prince Louis making faces at his mom, the beautiful Kate...

02 Jun 2022 This Time It’s Different

Posted at 16:51h in The Friday Brief by Geoff Hall, CFP®

I graduated from college in 1995 with a degree in economics and finance. At that time, only about 14% of Americans used the web (and only 20% of them went online every day), Amazon had just opened for business and the most popular web destinations...