Processing the Current Economy

Processing the Current Economy

Financially Speaking May 2022 “Sometimes it takes awhile to wade through all of the financial information, to get a grasp of what is going on. The past four months has been one of those times; an extraordinary time.” – BARRY M. CORKERN Listen to...
Processing the Current Economy

Patience

Financially Speaking March 2022 “I think eventually the market will kind of focus on where we are with the economy. We’ve got good numbers this week. We’re going to see the Fed (Federal Reserve System) raise interest rates in a couple weeks. Our portfolios...
Processing the Current Economy

Behavioral Economics

Financially Speaking February 2022 “In the 1980s we saw the emergence of behavioral economics. This body of research was conducted by psychiatrists and economists. It’s really good stuff. It won a Nobel Prize for economic science in 2017. This work helped...
Processing the Current Economy

Celebrating 40 Years!

Financially Speaking January 2022 “My last comment for you is that as we enter the 40th year of being in business, I am so excited — for many of you have sent notes and cards. I am so appreciative and humbled by your comments. I also want to tell you that I am...
Too Many Choices

Too Many Choices

Too Many Choices I buy my groceries at Kroger.  Often times I drive directly in front of the store on the way home from work.  So it’s not unusual to get a message from my wife asking me to pick something up on the way home.  Sometime back she asked me to pick up milk...

Inflation

Inflation “[And] during the month of September, if you ‘opened your account statement, you could see that stocks were down for the first time in 7 months. After reaching a high; an all-time high in early September, stocks are now down about 3.2% since that time. So...