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Maintaining public files with SharePoint

By Dustin Briles • September 22, 2020 • 0 Comments
Maintaining public files with SharePoint

Like any business, we have certain files that need to be accessed by the public - compliance documents, marketing materials, helpful instructions, miscellaneous stuff on our website, etc.

We attempted to do this with just SharePoint. It didn't work. I explain more about that below, but if you want, you

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Technology,Cloudflare,SharePoint

Expect a Volatile Fall - MMM Week 28

By Jeff Hybiak, CFA • September 21, 2020 • 0 Comments
Expect a Volatile Fall - MMM Week 28

Last week as we crossed the 200,000 death total in the US we crossed the 6 month anniversary of "15 days to slow the spread" of the Coronavirus. From the outset I have cautioned us from using Hindsight Bias to question decisions made at the time. We've certainly learned

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Musings,election,Social Cycle,stimulus,COVID-19

Market Check-up - MMM Week 27

By Jeff Hybiak, CFA • September 14, 2020 • 0 Comments
Market Check-up - MMM Week 27

I had my annual medical check-up this morning. With that in mind, I thought I'd do a quick check-up on the market.

Stocks are VERY Overvalued

The S&P 500 has dropped nearly 8% since September 1. This isn't the first time it's dropped this much during the parabolic

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Musings,Valuations,Bond Yields,Chart of the Week

Post-Labor Day Blues - MMM Week 26

By Jeff Hybiak, CFA • September 08, 2020 • 0 Comments
Post-Labor Day Blues - MMM Week 26

While most of the country has been back in school for a few weeks, here in Virginia it's the first day of school. While we've had much more time to prepare than the disaster we had during the final quarter last year where I'm pretty sure few kids learned anything

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Musings,Jobs,Economic Data,Chart of the Week

Catching Up to Stocks

By Jeff Hybiak, CFA • September 02, 2020 • 0 Comments
Catching Up to Stocks

Stocks are a forward looking mechanism. That is drilled into our heads constantly. It means stock market participants are constantly looking ahead at what the future will look like and then assign a "fair" price today to whatever you think the future will hold. The problem with that method is

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Chart of the Week,Economic Update,SEM Model Update
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