Ask Bob: Gifting
Gifting is a great financial planning tool, especially at the end of the year. Alhambra's Bob Williams goes through the basics.
Weekly Market Pulse: Happy Holidays
We received a host of economics reports this past week; some good, others not so much. The week started with the Consumer Price Index report coming in better than expected at an increase of just 0.1% from the previous month (7.1% from a year ago), compared with respective estimates of 0.3% and 7.3%. This is great news (and the market [...]
Weekly Market Pulse: Envy
Legendary investor and Berkshire Hathaway vice-chair Charles Munger recently stated: "The world is not driven by greed. It’s driven by envy." I think this perfectly encapsulates our current investing era. In a day and age where social media has replaced not only traditional news media but human interaction, where influencers and gamers are top career aspirations for the nation’s youth, [...]
Weekly Market Pulse (VIDEO)
Alhambra CEO Joe Calhoun explains why investors should follow the advice of the ancient Greeks and their Delphic Maxims.
Market Currents: Outlook on Commodities and Gold
Commodities and Gold are important parts of any portfolio. Steve Brennan and Alhambra CEO discuss current trends as well as what to own and when.
Market Currents: Why Pick Stocks?
Effective investing is changing. You can no longer just buy the S&P 500 and be done. Going forward you have to have a strategy and stock picking will become much more essential. Steve Brennan and Alhambra CEO Joe Calhoun make the case.
Market Currents: Crypto’s Major Investment Problems
The list of problems with the crypto space is long and troublesome. Not to mention the Federal Reserve’s involvement in the crypto collapse. Steve Brennan and Alhambra CEO Joe Calhoun look lay it out.
Ask Bob: Social Security and Zero Earnings Years
Social Security benefits are calculated on your top 35 earning years. What if you have some years with zero earnings? Alhambra’s Bob Williams explains.
Weekly Market Pulse (VIDEO)
Whether we're in recession depends on who you ask. Alhambra CEO Joe Calhoun looks at the data and compares this unique economic cycle with previous ones to come up with his conclusion.
SPECIAL REPORT: Follow The Money Series – Dawn Of A New Era
With inflation recently hitting a high not seen since 1981, it is now apparent that the factors that drove the disinflation trend of the last four decades are coming to an end. Globalization and demographics, the two big factors that combined to hold down prices and wages for so long, are reversing, and so too is the downtrend in prices, wages, [...]
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