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Nicholas Blackwell
Nov 3, 20233 min read
Fun Finance Friday: Financial Athleticism
Financial Athleticism: Some people are born with an Olympic level of wealth, but for the rest of us there's hard work and hills to climb.
Nicholas Blackwell
Oct 27, 20235 min read
Fun Finance Friday: Mortgage Ratebow 2023
Higher rates and higher prices certainly would decrease affordability, but I ask which should take more of the blame?
Nick Blackwell
Oct 12, 20234 min read
Finance for Parents (and Grandparents): TUITION or TOYS?
After 3 years, student loan payments begin again this month, you may be wishing your parents had bought more 529 plan savings...
Nick Blackwell
Sep 15, 20232 min read
Fun Finance Friday #9 “Seasons come and go”
The Bulls and Bears of market Seasonality.
Most months are GREEN… Out of 129 months 88 are green and 41 are red...
Nick Blackwell
Aug 18, 20236 min read
Fictional Finance Friday: Using A.I. to Predict Stock Prices
A.I. seems like the road to El Dorado... Unfortunately for me, I have no practical chance of pulling it off.
Nick Blackwell
Aug 4, 20234 min read
Fun Finance Friday Post #7 (Debt and Yields)
Back in January I wrote how interest rates can affect a business plan and the challenges business owners have in a rising rate environment.
Nick Blackwell
Jul 28, 20235 min read
Fun Finance Friday Post #6
“We view the market, and understand it, only after it is too late.”
Nick Blackwell
Jul 4, 20233 min read
The Broker of Independence 1776
The markets are closed this fourth of July, but we can still reflect on some of the financiers that paved the way for this Country’s esta...
Nick Blackwell
Jun 30, 20235 min read
Fun Finance Friday Post #5
Your dog might cost you $60,000!
“Wait what? No way! I got my dog for free from a farmer in the middle of nowhere it barely cost me a thing
Nick Blackwell
Jun 16, 20232 min read
Fun Finance Friday Post #4
“increasing market breadth” is usually a positive signal for stocks. The saying goes, “a rising tide lifts all boats...
Nick Blackwell
Jun 2, 20234 min read
Fun Finance Friday Post #3
As we see and hear the rhymes of history we naturally wonder, “Which season are we about to enter?”
Nick Blackwell
May 26, 20232 min read
Fun Finance Friday Post #2
The top 7 stocks in the index now make up 103% of the positive returns this year.
Nick Blackwell
May 19, 20232 min read
Fun Finance Friday
The S&P 500 is up for the year, but how many stocks in it are up?
Nick Blackwell
Jan 11, 20235 min read
2023 Market Narrative
We can thankfully say 2022 is over and last years headwinds may turn into sailable cross winds of 2023.
Nick Blackwell
Nov 29, 20222 min read
Giving Tuesday!
Now is the season of giving thanks, and there are some great ways to show it. Learn how to Maximize your gift with a donor advised fund!
Nick Blackwell
Nov 11, 20221 min read
THE MORTGAGE RATEBOW
In 2021 a $1500 monthly mortgage budget could buy a $380,000 mortgage, in 2022 that only buys a $215,000
Nick Blackwell
Oct 14, 20222 min read
Midterms and Markets
Andy Blackwell asks, “What was the average return for the years after a midterm election?
The results surprised me…
Nick Blackwell
Sep 21, 20224 min read
1913 World of Change
Problematic Narratives:
Over the years the fed has not stuck with the same story regarding the use of quantitative easing or tightening...
Nick Blackwell
Jun 15, 20224 min read
The Dilemma...
Everyone at this point knows that the fed must raise interest rates, right?
Nick Blackwell
Jan 20, 20224 min read
2022 Market Narrative
Coming off the tails of incredible gains in 2020 and 2021 the markets are hitting choppy water. Among the chief concerns for economists and
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