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27 Jul 2018 FOMO and Facebook: Why Diversification Matters

Posted at 10:12h in The Friday Brief by Jared Korver, CPA, CFP®

A couple of interesting things happened this week that led to this blog, but before I get to them, I want to start elsewhere. I did a very bad thing before I sat down to write this, which was to get on Redfin and look at...

20 Jul 2018 Inflation, the Fed, and Markets

Posted at 14:49h in The Friday Brief by Sam Bass Jr.

President Trump weighed in yesterday on one of the last truly apolitical federal institutions; the Federal Reserve. He bemoaned the possibility that their recent interest rate increases might derail his attempts to improve economic growth to what he believes is closer to its true potential...

13 Jul 2018 The Second Quarter of 2018

Posted at 13:26h in The Friday Brief by Sam Bass Jr.

The economy continues to plow ahead, despite the threat of trade wars and uncertainty of US trade status on this continent, Europe and Asia. For the year so far, stocks as measured by the S&P 500 and the Vanguard Total US Market index are up...

06 Jul 2018 Declare Your Independence from the Pitfalls of Aging

Posted at 11:06h in The Friday Brief by Sam Bass Jr.

We just celebrated our 242nd year of independence from the tyranny of King George’s taxes, tariffs, and regulations. A brave few representatives from thirteen British colonies signed their names to a document that would have resulted in their deaths as traitors to the Crown should...