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27 Jan 2022 Stock Market and Beacon Portfolio Updates

Posted at 21:29h in The Friday Brief by Ryan Smith, CFP®, RICP®, CTS™, MSFP

Through Wednesday, January 26th, the S&P 500 index is down 8.7%, which, obviously, is not a great start to the year. (Average January returns going back to 1980 are +.82%.) While prices are down, volatility is up: we've already had 6 trading days where the...

20 Jan 2022 “Buy Things, Not Experiences”

Posted at 20:55h in The Friday Brief by Jared Korver, CPA, CFP®

I have since early childhood been fascinated by the idea that you can use something for a long, long time. The origin of that fascination, as best I can tell, is the fact that the house I was raised in was built in 1890. And...

13 Jan 2022 Life is Pure Adventure

Posted at 20:48h in The Friday Brief by Ellen Martin

Every January, we are inundated with articles on New Year’s Resolutions and starting fresh, which sounds especially appealing after the past two chaotic years. One root of the word resolution is resolve, or having a strong determination...

06 Jan 2022 The Best Is Yet To Come…

Posted at 14:55h in The Friday Brief by Geoff Hall, CFP®, RICP®

...but the worst could be right around the corner. 2021 was a pretty remarkable year for the stock market. Due in part to a stronger than expected economic recovery, the S&P 500 finished the year up 28.7% including dividends. That marked its third straight year of...