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04 Aug 2022 Never Say Never

Posted at 16:29h in The Friday Brief by Geoff Hall, CFP®, RICP®

I'm not much of a bumper sticker guy. I don't have one on my car now and I really don't know which one I'd choose if I decided to get one. Maybe an egg-shaped sticker with "BWC" on it for Beacon Wealthcare. Or a yellow,...

28 Jul 2022 It’s Been a Year (Checking In On Mr. Lynch)

Posted at 09:00h in The Friday Brief by Ryan Smith, CFP®, RICP®, CTS™, MSFP

Almost exactly a year ago, I wrote a brief about the Morgan Stanley Inception Fund, Wall Street Journal's top mutual fund for the one-year period ending June 30th, 2021 (you can read the brief here). In summary, the Inception Fund, managed by Dennis Lynch, was...

21 Jul 2022 LIV Golf and the Ethics of Money

Posted at 18:17h in The Friday Brief by Jared Korver, CPA, CFP®

I don't want to lose too many of you at the word "golf," so to sum up real quick: "LIV Golf" is a relatively new, Saudi-funded, rival golf league of the PGA Tour. The Saudi government has been implicated in many evil things over the...

14 Jul 2022 Lessons from Inspector Gamache

Posted at 17:32h in The Friday Brief by Ellen Martin

If you’re unfamiliar with Inspector Gamache, and have any propensity to enjoy mystery novels, I highly suggest picking up Louise Penny’s series that centers around Chief Inspector Armand Gamache of the Sûreté de Quebec. Her books follow Inspector Gamache as he leads his team through...