by Steve Wachs, CFP® “The nice part about being a pessimist is that you are constantly being either proven right or pleasantly surprised.” George Will Matt recently wrote about the [...]

by Steve Wachs, CFP® “Though markets are generally rational, they occasionally do crazy things. Seizing the opportunities then offered does not require great intelligence, a degree in [...]

by Steve Wachs, CFP® The paragraph below is a first quarter update that we recently received from JP Morgan. It does a good job of providing facts about recent returns in different asset classes [...]

By Steve Wachs, CFP® Here is your first quiz for the new year. What is the origin of the WIN button above? Your reward for answering the question correctly is you can stop reading this [...]

by Steve Wachs, CFP® My wife and I have property in Northwest Arkansas which is beautiful this time of year. On one of the trails illuminated by the fall tree colors, we came across a sign [...]

by Steve Wachs, CFP® “As the economic expansion continues, inflation fears are escalating. The Federal Reserve considers yet another interest rate increase to engineer a soft-landing. However, [...]

By Steve Wachs, CFP® “Inflation is when you pay fifteen dollars for the ten-dollar haircut you used to get for five dollars when you had hair.” – Sam Ewing I am not sure what a hair cut [...]

By Steve Wachs, CFP®   “Stop trying to predict the direction of the stock market, the economy, interest rates, or elections.” Warren Buffett We have previously used the first [...]

by Steve Wachs, CFP® Some of you may recognize this quote. Was it spoken by FDR, Winston Churchill, or Ronald Reagan? Actually, it is spoken by Coach Eric Taylor from the fictional television [...]

by  Steve Wachs, CFP® Impeachment, U.K. officially withdrawals from the European Union, US/Iran on the brink of war, Australian bushfires, the death of Kobe Bryant, Hong Kong protests, the [...]