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Managing Passwords Effectively

By Dustin Briles • July 19, 2019 • 0 Comments
Managing Passwords Effectively

2023 update: I no longer recommend using LastPass for your password manager. I strongly recommend 1Password instead.

Passwords are, frankly, a bane of our online existence. You need a password to log in to pretty much everything, and in the year 2019 we log in to a lot of things.

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Technology,passwords

Is this the first canary?

By Jeff Hybiak, CFA • July 17, 2019 • 0 Comments
Is this the first canary?

Most of you probably didn’t notice, but a $693 million loan lost 1/3 of its value in the past week. It wasn’t a company anybody has heard of, which is part of the problem. Clover Technologies, a company that recycles printer cartridges, cell phones, and

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Shaky Footing - 3rd Quarter Market Update

By Jeff Hybiak, CFA • July 11, 2019 • 0 Comments

Both our economic model and the current state of the stock and bond market highlight an environment that is uncertain at best, highly risky at worst. Here’s what the data says and how our models are currently positioned to start the 3rd quarter.

VIDEO FOR INFORMATIONAL PURPOSES ONLY — PLEASE

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2nd Quarter 2019 - Summer Newsletter

By Jeff Hybiak, CFA • June 27, 2019 • 0 Comments
2nd Quarter 2019 - Summer Newsletter

Working According to Plan

It is easy to get lost in the short-term noise of the investment markets. While technology has certainly increased the amount of noise each of us sees each day, the short-term focus of the financial media has always been something which derails investors from achieving their

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Newsletter

Top Heavy Market

By Jeff Hybiak, CFA • June 26, 2019 • 0 Comments
Top Heavy Market

After one of the worst May’s in decades, the S&P 500 is on the verge of the best June in over half a century. This follows the best start to the year since 1987 and the worst Christmas Eve on record. It is easy to see

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