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Politics (Pt III) - MMM v5-22

By Jeff Hybiak, CFA • May 28, 2024 • 0 Comments
Politics (Pt III) - MMM v5-22

With summer unofficially starting this past weekend, election season is heating up. Every election always seems to be more important than any other, which leads to a wide range of emotions. Our role at SEM is not to sway anyone's opinions or worse, to guess what the outcome of the

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Musings,Politics

BRI Objections - Part 5: Management Styles

By Courtney Dent • May 22, 2024 • 0 Comments
BRI Objections - Part 5: Management Styles

For our final BRI objections blog, we're going to discuss management styles. Some of the content in this blog might sound similar to some of what we discussed last month, but we believe that it's important to emphasize the options people have with our Cornerstone Portfolios. The subject for today

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Cornerstone,BRI Objections

Let it Run - MMM v5-21

By Jeff Hybiak, CFA • May 20, 2024 • 0 Comments
Let it Run - MMM v5-21

Last week the S&P 500 hit another all-time high with the Dow closing the week above 40,000 for the first time. The catalyst for the move was a "better than expected" CPI inflation reading. The "surprise".........

CPI increased by 0.3%.

The expectation was......

0.4%

0.

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Musings,inflation

Zero Consequences - MMM v5-20

By Jeff Hybiak, CFA • May 13, 2024 • 0 Comments
Zero Consequences - MMM v5-20

The stock market continues to impress. Nothing seems to be able to stop it. This is bringing a false sense of security that the Federal Reserve is all-knowing and will not allow the economy or the stock market to ever falter again. Ignoring the Fed's inflation fight in 2022 the

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Musings

The Handwriting on the Wall: Daniel Study (Part 5)

By Courtney Dent • May 07, 2024 • 0 Comments
The Handwriting on the Wall: Daniel Study (Part 5)

So far in our Daniel study, Nebuchadnezzar has been the king of Babylon. However, we are now going to see a new king on the throne – Belshazzar. Last month, we saw what happened to Nebuchadnezzar when he was prideful versus when he humbled himself. Now, we’re going to see

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Daniel Study,Cornerstone,Impact
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