Matt Weier, CFA, CFP®

We hear a lot of questions about inflation lately. It’s understandable. It’s nearly impossible to avoid seeing or hearing mention of it in financial, business, or even popular media these days. Unfortunately, it’s...

Do you remember what the widely publicized financial market concern was before the COVID-19 pandemic began? Neither did I until I looked it up. It was the “Inverted Yield Curve”. I’ll spare you all the mundane...

It's been a year.

As in the figurative sense of, “Wow, it’s been quite a year!”

And, in the literal sense, it has been 365 days* since stock prices reached bottom. A year since stock prices fell low enough that...

Your 3M RSUs (and Stock Options*) are About to Vest!

You’ve been waiting patiently for the last three years and the day is now fast approaching! The Restricted Stock Units (RSUs) that you earned for your service in...

Welcome to 2021! I’m sure nobody reading this needs me to remind them that 2020 was a difficult year and one that many would just as soon forget. I want to make the case that forgetting the investment events of...

The arrival of a new year is a natural time to pause and take stock of how you’re doing in all facets of life. Particularly this year, when it’s a little harder to step into (or back into) the gym, it may be an...

A lot has happened so far in 2020. You can say that for every year, but 2020 took it to a new level with the COVID-19 pandemic and associated upheavals to our lives and financial markets. Add to that a Presidential...

Last weekend I was listening to a podcast where the host was interviewing an investment manager from a large Wall Street investment firm. The manager was touting the success of his pre-2020 prediction that there...

You probably don’t need me to remind you that it’s been about six months since the new Covid-sponsored reality has taken hold. But maybe it is worth pausing to reflect and wonder aloud, “has it really been that...

A question we’ve heard from many of you in recent months and weeks generally follows the theme of wondering how or why stock prices have recovered so much and so quickly since March, despite so much uncertainty and...

I recently dedicated a whole piece to why the recent “money printing” to stimulate the economy is unlikely to lead to run-away inflation. So, why am I following it up with a piece about how to invest for an...

Depending on the day lately, you might see a study or expert cite one of two points. Either inflation is a thing of the past, or all this “money printing” is setting us up for higher inflation in the future. Both...