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4th Quarter 2023 - Winter Newsletter

By Jeff Hybiak, CFA, Courtney Dent • December 30, 2023 • 0 Comments
4th Quarter 2023 - Winter Newsletter

Stocks make a round trip

Each year many investors will take a look at their investment performance and reassess how and where they are invested. Often times they make the decision to sell their lowest performers to invest more in their best performers. This can be a big mistake. After

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Newsletter

Lower Stress - MMM v4-52

By Jeff Hybiak, CFA • December 26, 2023 • 0 Comments
Lower Stress - MMM v4-52

The time around Christmas and New Years can be stressful for many people. Thankfully for me, my wife is well organized and takes care of most of the holiday prep work throughout the year. Our workload at SEM is always much busier, but our systematized approach and heavy use of

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Musings,Risk Management

The Pivot - MMM 4-51

By Jeff Hybiak, CFA • December 18, 2023 • 0 Comments
The Pivot - MMM 4-51

For most of my career there has been a nearly unshakable belief that the Fed was all knowing and could control the direction of the market. This is despite the fact they've always been too late to change direction or to fully understand the inner workings of the financial system.

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Musings,Federal Reserve

2023 Cornerstone Recap

By Courtney Dent • December 13, 2023 • 0 Comments
2023 Cornerstone Recap

Usually for the last Cornerstone blog of the year, I just post a "year in review" where I share all the Cornerstone blogs from the year. While I will still provide all the blogs from the year for you to review, I also wanted to share a quick Christmas devotional

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Cornerstone,Impact

Goldilocks? - MMM v4-50

By Jeff Hybiak, CFA • December 11, 2023 • 0 Comments
Goldilocks? - MMM v4-50

There are certain terms on Wall Street which get thrown around quite a bit that few people understand. Even those of us who follow the market closely may not understand the meaning of the latest buzzword used to describe the market or economy. The most frequently used word this year

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Musings,Economic Update,SEM Model Update
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