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Short-term focused - MMM v2-38

By Cody Hybiak • September 20, 2021 • 0 Comments
Short-term focused - MMM v2-38

Humans can’t help but be very short-term focused. We all have incredibly busy lives, and it can be difficult to focus on the medium or long-term future when we have to worry about today and tomorrow. The concern is even if we don’t focus on the long-term, it

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Musings,inflation,stimulus

Taxes and Spending: Myths and Reality

By Jeff Hybiak, CFA • September 17, 2021 • 0 Comments
Taxes and Spending: Myths and Reality

This week President Biden made a hard push for his $3.5 Trillion "infrastructure" bill. This came shortly after the House Ways and Means Committee released their proposed tax changes to help pay for the massive spending bill. I've received a lot of calls and emails from our advisors with

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Taxes,Budget Deficit,economic growth

Summer is over - MMM v2-37

By Cody Hybiak, Jeff Hybiak, CFA • September 13, 2021 • 0 Comments
Summer is over - MMM v2-37

The shorter work week didn’t allow us much time to get new news that would point the market in a certain direction, but the market didn’t stay flat. We are at a point, like we’ve been mentioning quite often lately, that the market NEEDS positivity to continue

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Musings,Valuations

Stewardship - Cornerstone Impact Update

By Courtney Dent • September 08, 2021 • 0 Comments
Stewardship - Cornerstone Impact Update

Being a good steward is "utilizing and managing all resources God provides for the glory of God and the betterment of His creation." We should strive to be a good steward in all areas of our lives. We should do everything for the glory of God. Today, I'm just going

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Cornerstone,Impact

An SEC warning about cybersecurity

By Dustin Briles • September 07, 2021 • 0 Comments
An SEC warning about cybersecurity

Last week the SEC released this: SEC Announces Three Actions Charging Deficient Cybersecurity Procedures. From the first sentence in the press release:

The Securities and Exchange Commission today sanctioned eight firms in three actions for failures in their cybersecurity policies and procedures that resulted in email account takeovers exposing the
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Technology,2FA
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