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The 'Costs' of Responsibility

By Jeff Hybiak, CFA • February 19, 2020 • 0 Comments
The 'Costs' of Responsibility

I'm currently at the Kingdom Advisor Conference and just finished a 3 hour session on Faith Based Investing. I'll be sharing more of what I've learned in the weeks ahead. The speakers this morning all highlighted the myth many people have about any Socially Responsible Investments (SRI) -- you have

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Chart of the Week,Responsible Investing

Heating up or Melting Down?

By Jeff Hybiak, CFA • February 12, 2020 • 0 Comments
Heating up or Melting Down?

As Cody mentioned last week, we are finally officially in election season (even though it seems like we've been there for two years now.) The strength of the economy is likely to be a major talking point. I even heard one fringe candidate during the Democratic debate last week call

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Chart of the Week,debt

The Irrational Election Process

By Cody Hybiak • February 04, 2020 • 0 Comments
The Irrational Election Process

Happy Start of Election Season!  Now, I know what you might be thinking, there have been countless debates, we’ve seen an endless amount of Michael Bloomberg ads, we’ve seen once popular candidates drop out, we’ve BEEN in Election Season.  To which I would say, counting all of

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Chart of the Week,election,Behavioral Biases

The high risk of bonds

By Jeff Hybiak, CFA • January 29, 2020 • 0 Comments
The high risk of bonds

At the start of the year we always are bombarded by forecasts of what the 'experts' believe could happen in the year ahead. Whether specific or implied, the overwhelming consensus is investors should reduce their bond exposure and add more stock exposure.

The arguments are all similar --- Treasury bond

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Chart of the Week,Bond Yields

Using SEMWealth.com

By Jeff Hybiak, CFA • January 22, 2020 • 0 Comments

SEMWealth.com has a lot of resources available. Are you having a hard time finding them on the website? This short webinar briefly walks through where to find the most popular resources, how the website can be used in client presentations, and the overall layout to allow you to use

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Presentation,SEM University
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