Stocks are back to all-time highs despite a brief "inflation" scare a couple of weeks back that knocked 10% off the NASDAQ and significantly more than that off the more popular momentum stocks. Most Americans will be once again receiving some nice payments from the Federal Government and the expectation
We've reached the 1-year mark on when the COVID panic began. In the first SEM University of 2021, I discussed:
- Areas to focus on as we move forward
- Potential risks to watch
- Opportunities emerging during the recovery
- How SEM is prepared for whatever happens next
- What you should be doing
In several parts of the Bible the analogy of trees and fruit are used to describe believers. Bearing good fruit – our actions – is a result of having the Spirit work within us and our character changing to be more like Christ. John 15 is Jesus' allegory of the vine and
A few years ago, we migrated email from an "on-premises" Exchange server to Microsoft's cloud email service, Exchange Online (part of their Microsoft 365 suite of SaaS applications, formerly called Office 365). In other words, we decided to stop hosting our email on a single server located in a closet
"The Fed controls short-term rates. The free market controls long-term rates. If the free market decides rates should be higher, they will go higher."
This is something I've said often since 2008. Most people believe the Fed can do whatever they want with interest rates. That is simply not true.