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Why Bonds Are Still Essential for the Retirees Portfolio
My wife is a high school women's basketball coach. As such, and considering we have one daughter in junior high and one in late...

John-Mark Young
Sep 2, 20236 min read


Personal Savings, Record Credit Card Debt & Their Effect on the Economy
About two weeks ago, we were all hit with the clickbait headline, "credit card balances hit $1 trillion". Immediately, people used this...

John-Mark Young
Sep 2, 20236 min read


Employer-Sponsored Retirement Plan Options and Considerations for Terminated Employees
You recently left an employer where you were contributing to their 401(k), 403(b), or some other qualified retirement plan. Now what?...

Kelly Kranstuber
Aug 31, 20233 min read


Which Workplace Retirement Plan Should I Select?
Working daily to become a Millionaire The premise of which workplace plan to select assumes that you have a workplace plan available to...

Matthew Harris
Aug 31, 20236 min read


Investing for Kids Your Child's Account Can Be Invested Instead of Being at the Bank
Do you have a savings account for your child at the bank? If so, did you know that you could have that money invested and potentially...

John-Mark Young
Aug 8, 20233 min read


What Fitch's U.S. Debt Downgrade Means for Investors
Am I getting old when I can boldly say, "Been there, done that!" That's what I felt like this week when on August 1st, Fitch, a credit...

John-Mark Young
Aug 4, 20236 min read


RISK ASSETS
Worrying can be okay “The market climbs a wall of worry” and “This time is different” are two of my favorite quotes regarding investing....

Jake Buckwalter
Aug 2, 20232 min read


HOW GLOBAL GROWTH AND HOME COUNTRY BIAS IMPACT INVESTORS TODAY
Something happened this year that hasn't happened (very often) since the start of my career in 2007. The international markets were...

John-Mark Young
Aug 2, 20237 min read


OPTIMAL SAVING & INVESTING
Finding the best ways to save while investing For those interested or worried about saving, this article will help clarify the options...

Drew Hodgson
Jul 31, 20234 min read


WHAT THE HOPE OF A SOFT LANDING MEANS FOR THE FED AND INVESTORS
Hopefully, you'll excuse my two-week hiatus from "What We Learned in the Markets." I'll be back next week and better than ever when I...

John-Mark Young
Jul 23, 20235 min read


2023 WHITTIE AWARDS & HOW THE MARKET RALLY AND INTEREST RATES IMPACT VALUATIONS
A few highlights to hit before we dig into "market stuff" over the following few paragraphs. This last Friday, the Whitaker-Myers Wealth...

John-Mark Young
Jul 9, 20235 min read


7 MARKET & ECONOMIC INSIGHTS FOR THE SECOND HALF OF 2023
Major stock market indices made significant gains in the first half of the year due to improving inflation, slowing Fed rate hikes, the...

John-Mark Young
Jul 4, 20237 min read


THE WASH SALE RULE
Rules for Investing Investing in the stock market can be profitable, but it also comes with several complexities and rules that investors...

Kelly Kranstuber
Jun 29, 20232 min read


DIRECT INDEXING: A BOLD NEW FRONTIER
Technology has improved almost every area of our lives – why can’t it improve our investing? For those of us, that subscribe to the Dave...

John-Mark Young
Jun 16, 20236 min read


ESG INVESTING – REASONS FOR STEERING AWAY
I have received numerous questions from clients recently asking if we were doing any ESG investing for them. Most of them request that...

Andrew Young
Jun 15, 20232 min read


MUTUAL FUNDS OR ETFS AND THE BENEFITS OF EACH
What are the differences between mutual funds and ETFs?

Nick Allen
May 18, 20233 min read


TO INVEST ALL AT ONCE OR OVER TIME?
We will evaluate the pros and cons of employing both dollar cost averaging and lump sum methods in investing.

Drew Hodgson
May 11, 20234 min read


THE STOCK MARKET: BACK TO THE BASICS
Stock Market projections. I can bet that at least once a day, I will hear someone tell me why the stock market will crash and never return.

John-Mark Young
Mar 26, 20236 min read


REWIRE THE BRAIN IN A BEAR MARKET
As the article title says, many clients must work to rewire their brains in a bear market. This isn’t easy for everyone to do.

Drew Hodgson
Mar 22, 20233 min read


INVESTING AND OUR HABITS
After a few weeks of running, it got me thinking about the fundamental similarities between investing and running.

Andrew Young
Mar 16, 20233 min read
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