When Kristin & I lived in Maryland, one of our favorite things to do was to attend the Remembrance Day parade in Gettysburg the weekend before Thanksgiving. Personally, I have always loved history, and enjoyed seeing the re-enactors march through the streets as it brought the town to life! So the other day, I tookContinue reading “A Lot To Be Thankful For…”
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My 9/11 Money Story
Over the past couple years, you have heard me discuss more and more about money scripts, how we all have them, how they are influenced by our family’s history around money, and how they establish the basis for how we view money in our lives. Studying this subject under Dr.’s Brad & Ted Klontz, oneContinue reading “My 9/11 Money Story”
Russian Into a Vaccine
One of the things I pride myself on is managing expectations and advocating for you by delineating the noise from the actionable information you need to know. With that, I found it important to reach out with the news breaking this morning about the Russian ‘vaccine’. Unfortunately, I feel it is another ploy by theContinue reading “Russian Into a Vaccine”
A Tale of Two Charts
Several weeks ago in my post, I wrote about how during the Global Financial Crisis of ‘08-‘09, investor’s risk appetite was almost 5 months behind the actual bottoming of the stock market. Fast Forward to 2020, and the chart clearly illustrates a different scenario: What’s interesting to note is that the VIX (the fear gauge)Continue reading “A Tale of Two Charts”
Adapt or Die
We all have heard this statement before, and I believe there is no time that it is more relevant than now. This week was a big earnings week on Wall Street and I have listened to several earnings calls to gauge how businesses are being impacted and adapting to the changes the Coronavirus pandemic hasContinue reading “Adapt or Die”
The Clampdown
Happy Monday! So, as I write this, the markets are in the green. Why is that? Considering things are on hold till at least April 30… Green Shoots! First on Friday evening, Abbott Laboratories announced emergency FDA approval of their COVID19 test, that can provide a positive result in 5 minutes! Abbott is able toContinue reading “The Clampdown”
Snow!!!
Having grown up in the Northeast, snow never really bothered me. As a kid, it came, it went, we were out of school, life was good. Then I got a job working in a grocery store. Needless to say, my viewpoint changed. What used to be: ‘Cool, snow’, changed to a scene from Armageddon asContinue reading “Snow!!!”
And Away We Go!!!
Hi and thanks for visiting Financial Recon! This blog has been years in the making and we are excited that we could launch it in conjunction with our new website and more importantly our 10th anniversary! Its hard to believe that 10 years ago, we were living in Maryland, my wife was 7 months pregnantContinue reading “And Away We Go!!!”
