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Why debt is a problem

By Jeff Hybiak, CFA • February 27, 2019 • 0 Comments
Why debt is a problem

It’s not like it is a new phenomenon. With the exception of a brief period in the late 1990s every year of my life has seen Americans go deeper into debt. From the federal government, to state & local governments, to corporations, to individual Americans, debt has been

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Chart of the Week,debt

Fixing a broken RSS reader in SharePoint Online

By Dustin Briles • February 12, 2019 • 0 Comments

When we started using SharePoint Online last year, Jeff and I thought it would be kind of nice to include the most recent posts from his blog on our SharePoint home page. SharePoint Online didn't have a built-in external RSS reader if you were using modern pages (and still doesn't)

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Technology,SharePoint

Guaranteed Risks in Your Annuities

By Jeff Hybiak, CFA • February 11, 2019 • 0 Comments
Guaranteed Risks in Your Annuities

Regulators in our industry frown upon the use of the word ‘guarantee’ for obvious reasons. If you live long enough (or study economic history) the only guarantee in life is we will all eventually die. The exception to the use of the “G” word seems to

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Chart of the Week,Financial Planning,Income Investments,Insurance

Adjusting EGA's Sails

By Jeff Hybiak, CFA • February 05, 2019 • 0 Comments
Adjusting EGA's Sails

Hello again everyone.  We’ve had a pretty significant change over the past week in our EGA trading systems, leading to our tactical models showing bullish at the moment.  There were a couple changes in the past week to differing systems that led to that change. 

 

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Portfolio Update,SEM Model Update

Positive signs, but still stuck in neutral

By Jeff Hybiak, CFA • February 04, 2019 • 0 Comments
Positive signs, but still stuck in neutral

Hello again everyone.  I’m sure all of you are being extra productive today (why is it not Super Bowl Monday?)  Well don’t worry, for those of you watching closely SEM isn’t slacking given the passing of the first day of the month with no changes

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Chart of the Week,Economic Update,Portfolio Update,SEM Model Update
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