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08 Feb 2019 Gerald Should Have Shared His Password

Posted at 09:53h in The Friday Brief by Ryan Smith, CFP®, RICP®, CTS™, MSFP

You remember Bitcoin, right? The flashy cryptocurrency that no one understood but everyone was talking about in 2017? It hasn’t been making as much noise lately, mostly due to the fact that the price has fallen from a high of nearly $20,000 per bitcoin to less than $3,500...

01 Feb 2019 Market Volatility Down For Now

Posted at 11:38h in The Friday Brief by Sam Bass Jr.

Remember that awful market drop starting in mid-September of last year? A strong market rally in January, the strongest in 30 years, is two thirds the way toward erasing it. The Fed pausing their rate increases for a while, China coming to the bargaining table...

25 Jan 2019 How to Lose 2,000% (Don’t Forget About Everyone Else)

Posted at 08:21h in The Friday Brief by Ryan Smith, CFP®, RICP®, CTS™, MSFP

In 1994, three of the brightest, most successful and fiercely calculating minds in finance formed a hedge fund called Long-Term Capital Management (LTCM). John W. Meriwether, former head of bond trading at Salomon Brothers, was joined by Myron S. Scholes and Robert C. Merton. The...

18 Jan 2019 The Success Mechanism Within You

Posted at 11:41h in The Friday Brief by Sam Bass Jr.

"It may seem strange, but it is nevertheless true, that up until [1950], scientists had no idea of just how the human brain and nervous system worked 'purposely' to achieve a goal" Dr. Maxwell Maltz Through his phenomenally successful 1960 book Psycho Cybernetics, Dr. Maxwell Maltz changed the...