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09 Mar 2018 Five Minutes to Dream Your Life

Posted at 11:10h in The Friday Brief by Sam Bass Jr.

Here's a five-minute exercise that just might, if you participate, change your life. Write down at least three things you feel you must do at this stage in your life . . . Now write down at least three enjoyable things you would do more of if...

02 Mar 2018 Turns Out, Most Stocks Fail to Outperform Treasury Bills.

Posted at 10:54h in The Friday Brief by Ryan Smith, CFP®, RICP®, CTS™, MSFP

You may have heard of the 4% rule as it pertains to retirement. It goes like this: If you begin retirement withdrawing 4% of your savings and adjust each following year’s withdrawals for inflation, your money should last 30 years. It may be the most...

23 Feb 2018 Time

Posted at 12:54h in The Friday Brief by Sam Bass Jr.

“Ticking away the moments that make up a dull day You fritter and waste the hours in an offhand way Kicking around on a piece of ground in your home town Waiting for someone or something to show you the way” Pink Floyd, “Time” The concept of the finite...

16 Feb 2018 Inflation Not Bad Yet & Download Our New App

Posted at 11:17h in The Friday Brief by Sam Bass Jr.

The markets are settling down now as price data for January, mostly in, shows that fears of rapid inflation were largely overblown. Price increases, both at the consumer level and the producer level show, while rising, are not so out of control to warrant the two...