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Work as Cultivation (God's Plan for Work) - Part 3

By Courtney Dent • March 26, 2025 • 0 Comments
Work as Cultivation (God's Plan for Work) - Part 3
"And God blessed them. And God said to them, 'Be fruitful and multiply and fill the earth and subdue it, and have dominion over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the heavens and over every living thing that moves on the earth.'" - Genesis 1:
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Cornerstone,Every Good Endeavor

Painful, but Necessary - MMM 6-12

By Jeff Hybiak, CFA • March 24, 2025 • 0 Comments
Painful, but Necessary - MMM 6-12

Nobody likes going through anything uncomfortable. That's just human nature. This is also true when investing.

Over the long-term, stock market returns have averaged around 10% per year. This is true whether you go back to 1990, 1950, or even 1926. When you start investing the 10% sounds great. What

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Musings,Deficits,DOGE,Trade War,Valuations

Corrections - MMM v6-11

By Jeff Hybiak, CFA • March 17, 2025 • 0 Comments
Corrections - MMM v6-11

For old people like me who remember getting the newspaper every morning, there was a section on the inside of the front page titled "Corrections". This was the place where if necessary, the publication would fix anything that was printed previously which ended up not being true. Remember back in

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Musings,Correction,Consumer Sentiment

His Righteousness: A study through the Sermon on the Mount (Part 3)

By Courtney Dent • March 12, 2025 • 0 Comments
His Righteousness: A study through the Sermon on the Mount (Part 3)

Last month, we focused on a mindset shift we need to have when following Jesus – specifically talking about being blessed according to God. The Beatitudes show that the way we see blessings isn't the way we typically view blessings. This month, we're going to be looking through the rest of

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Cornerstone,Impact,Sermon on the Mount

Growth Uncertainty - MMM v6-10

By Jeff Hybiak, CFA • March 10, 2025 • 0 Comments
Growth Uncertainty - MMM v6-10

Everything becomes more clear as we gain the benefit of hindsight. My experience and SEM's use of quantitative models which remove emotion from the decision making certainly makes it a bit easier for me to see things a bit more clearly in real-time, but I am also human and there

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Musings,Trade War,inflation,Economic Update
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