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20 Oct 2017 Which is the better question?

Posted at 14:44h in The Friday Brief by Sam Bass Jr.

"When will the stock market drop?" or, "How much does a market drop hurt me?" The historic close of the Dow Jones Industrial Index above 23,000 this week, one day before the historic 30-year anniversary of the largest one-day drop of 23% of the Dow Jones Average has...

06 Oct 2017 How’s Your Portfolio Doing?

Posted at 09:55h in The Friday Brief by Geoff Hall, CFP®, RICP®

I'm not a huge sports fan, although sometimes I wish I were. If asked how I thought the Carolina Panthers defensive line was looking this year my honest answer would be that I have no idea. But if I were asked that same question in...

11 Sep 2015 Our Down and Dirty on the World Economy

Posted at 14:13h in The Friday Brief by Sam Bass Jr.

A couple of days ago a friend and client suggested we were just too darned upbeat in our economic briefs. He was right. We do indeed try to see the positive aspects of the economy, leaving the the doom & gloom and the sensational to the ad-selling media.

04 Oct 2013 Watching and Hoping

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

Here we sit, once again in fiscal crisis as our leaders fail to lead by compromise. Both Democrats and Republicans risk potential political backlash if they fail to find a way forward before the government runs out of money and technically defaults on its debts.