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04 Feb 2021 GameStop. Ever Heard of It?

Posted at 21:51h in The Friday Brief by Jared Korver, CPA, CFP®

At this point, I don't know how much there is to be gained by wading into the vastly oversaturated territory of GameStop-related (and AMC, Blackberry, et al) material. In doing so I run the risk of dragging into the fray those of you who've made...

28 Jan 2021 Meet Ned Ryerson

Posted at 19:49h in The Friday Brief by Geoff Hall, CFP®, RICP®

There are two kinds of people in this world. Those who instantly knew who Ned Ryerson was the second they saw this email land in their inbox and those who didn't. For those of you in the latter group, Ned Ryerson, aka Needlenose Ned, aka...

21 Jan 2021 How Emily and I Invest Our Money (and How We Got to Beacon)

Posted at 22:26h in The Friday Brief by Ryan Smith, CFP®, RICP®, CTS™, MSFP

Over the past year there's been a spate of "How I invest my money" articles where a prominent financial advisor discusses what he or she actually does with his or her own money. It's a discussion that's long overdue and was started by Josh Brown,...

14 Jan 2021 The Passing of the Torch

Posted at 14:58h in The Friday Brief by Jared Korver, CPA, CFP®

I don't watch It's a Wonderful Life every year, but I did this Christmas, and I noticed something I hadn't before. In a pivotal scene with George in his dad's old office at the Building and Loan, I saw this wall hanging in the background. It reads: "All...