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Nobody Seems To Care

By Jeff Hybiak, CFA • September 01, 2021 • 0 Comments
Nobody Seems To Care

The Social Security Board of Trustees released their annual report this week. Many of you may have seen the headline that the “Trust Fund” will be depleted one year earlier --- in 2034. Based on conversations I’ve had with advisors and clients the past 15 years, I don’t

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Social Security

Turning off our biases - MMM v2-35

By Cody Hybiak, Jeff Hybiak, CFA • August 30, 2021 • 0 Comments
Turning off our biases - MMM v2-35

The wait for the Fed to give us more insight into their tapering decisions ended last week, with the tapering set to begin sometime this year. With the Fed's help going away, the market will remove its training wheels. Will that lead to a crash or a sharp pullback like

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Musings,COVID-19,Fed,Consumer Sentiment

A lot of bad news - MMM v2-34

By Cody Hybiak, Jeff Hybiak, CFA • August 23, 2021 • 0 Comments
A lot of bad news - MMM v2-34

A lot of bad news this week. Mostly between the continued spread of the Delta Variant around America and the grim scenes and stories out of Afghanistan – it is easy to look at the sky falling around us. While personally both of those things are horrific, and I pray that

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Musings,Behavioral Biases,COVID-19

Is this progress? - MMM v2-33

By Cody Hybiak, Jeff Hybiak, CFA • August 16, 2021 • 0 Comments
Is this progress? - MMM v2-33

Dating back to my days in high school government class, the REAL most interesting branch of government I always thought was Congress. After all, the Congressional Article was the Article before the Executive Branch in the Constitution, so our founding fathers seem to agree with me. It’s typically just

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Musings,Congress,debt

We need the right perspective - MMM v2-32

By Cody Hybiak, Jeff Hybiak, CFA • August 09, 2021 • 0 Comments
We need the right perspective - MMM v2-32

Today is a sad day. For me, at least. Today is the first day in 17 days that we will not be giving out medals to the best athletes in the world, who worked mostly quietly on their craft for 5 years for this moment of peak physical showcasing. As

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Musings,Chart of the Week,SEM Model Update,GDP,Labor Force
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