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Rolling Over - MMM v3-48

By Jeff Hybiak, CFA • December 05, 2022 • 0 Comments
Rolling Over - MMM v3-48

"It is likely that restoring price stability will require holding policy at a restrictive level for some time. History cautions strongly against prematurely loosening policy. We will stay the course until the job is done." - Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell, November 30, 2022

The above statement is the only

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Musings,Economic Update,recession,Yield Spread

Tis the Season - MMM v3-47

By Jeff Hybiak, CFA • November 28, 2022 • 0 Comments
Tis the Season - MMM v3-47

Hopefully everyone had a safe and enjoyable Thanksgiving week. The stock market continued its latest bear market rally albeit on very light trading activity. The markets move in cycles and as we said for the last few weeks, it is important to understand this. Markets do not go straight down

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Musings,Federal Reserve,inflation,Bear Markets

A lot to be thankful for - MMM v3-46

By Cody Hybiak • November 21, 2022 • 0 Comments
A lot to be thankful for - MMM v3-46

Happy Thanksgiving week! I’m sure we have a lot going on and maybe don’t want to think about what’s going on with the market, so let’s keep this short.  With a crazy market year starting to wind down, we have a new week of data to

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A Biblical Approach to Finance: Attitude Framework (Part 1)

By Courtney Dent • November 16, 2022 • 0 Comments
A Biblical Approach to Finance: Attitude Framework (Part 1)

The last two months, the focus of the mid-month blog was on the foundation of a biblical approach to finance. If you missed those 2 blogs, I encourage you to go back and read them before this one:

A Biblical Approach to Finance: Attitude
When we initially launched the Cornerstone
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Cornerstone,Biblical Finance

Suckers Rally? - MMM v3-45

By Jeff Hybiak, CFA • November 14, 2022 • 0 Comments
Suckers Rally? - MMM v3-45

Fear and greed are both strong emotions which cause us to often make irrational decisions. During bull markets FOMO "fear of missing out" leads to seemingly unstoppable rallies despite little fundamental logic for the rally. Sure, we convince ourselves there is a good reason for a specific stock or the

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