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A New Economy - MMM v4-31

By Jeff Hybiak, CFA • July 31, 2023 • 0 Comments
A New Economy - MMM v4-31

If you've been involved in economics or finance for even a handful of years, you've probably already seen at least one "new era". If you've been around as long as I have you've seen at least 3 or 4 of them. As humans, it's easy to get sucked into this

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Musings,GDP

A Biblical Approach to Finances: Attitude Behind Investing

By Courtney Dent • July 26, 2023 • 0 Comments
A Biblical Approach to Finances: Attitude Behind Investing

Investing is the last topic in our Biblical Approach to Finances series. We're going to split it into two different blogs. Just like with the other topics, we're going to start with our attitude and what the Bible says about it. This is going to be a shorter blog than

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Focus on Data - MMM v4-30

By Jeff Hybiak, CFA • July 24, 2023 • 0 Comments
Focus on Data - MMM v4-30

Human nature doesn't change. We all have our own natural biases which we use to make difficult, if not impossible decisions. We've spent several decades helping investors and advisors understand ways to overcome these biases to avoid doing damage to their long-term financial success.

The best way to overcome our

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Musings,Valuations,Buffett

Inflating Expectations - MMM v4-29

By Jeff Hybiak, CFA • July 17, 2023 • 0 Comments
Inflating Expectations - MMM v4-29

What a strange world we live in. On Wednesday the latest inflation reading showed the annual inflation rate dropping to 3%. Stocks rocketed higher on the news because in May the annual inflation rate (according to the CPI) was 4%. As we outlined last week, the "no landing" case has

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Arrogance: James Study (Part 7)

By Courtney Dent • July 12, 2023 • 0 Comments
Arrogance: James Study (Part 7)

Boasting about tomorrow

At some point in your life, you've probably made plans that have fallen through. How do you respond when things don't go according to your plans? Oftentimes for me, I don't react very well when my plans fall through. This month, we're going to be looking at

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Cornerstone,Impact,James Study
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