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The financial press has generated much excitement over the sudden increase in SPACs (Special Purpose Acquisition Companies) and the advent of NFTs (non-fungible tokens). Due to the large sums of money being showered on both, the parody skits on Saturday Night Live, and the involvement of “influencer financiers,” there is a lot of buzz.

Where the employment recovery from the Great Recession was long and slow, the recovery from the Pandemic looks to be surprisingly fast.

Meme stocks, by definition, are NOT investments - they are speculations. One will either double (or more) one’s money - if you get out in time and don’t succumb to your own greed - or lose it all (or more) in too short a period of time to qualify as an “investing” time-horizon.

For context – We’ve been here before. This article is itself a refresh from an article I wrote on this topic in 2014 – many percentage points below where we sit today.

Phoenix Normand of the trīb. podcast interviews Scott Jacobs of Mindful Money about GameStop, Bitcoin, and dispelling many of the myths surrounding market predictions and "quick hit" investing.

Great conversation with my new friend, Dave Pamah. We grabbed every "third rail" of communication we could - politics, religion, and money - and we held on tight to the end. Thanks Dave.

In his 2021 Forecasts Event (held January 25, 2021), Jonathan K. DeYoe discusses the global markets and economies in light of Covid-19 other current events and offers an explanation of where we might be going.

The narratives and moralizing about GameStop (on both sides) belies a serious lack of knowledge about how markets work, and ignores a whole swath of people who will be hurt by this.

Once in a very great while, there comes a year in the economy and the markets that may serve as a tutorial—in effect, a master class in the principles of successful long-term, goal-focused, and planning-driven investing. 2020 was just such a year.

Late into the day on December 21, Congress finally passed a much anticipated (and arguably long-overdue) second stimulus package. Signed by the President on December 27, the new stimulus package has already begun affecting Americans as we ring in the new year.

Team Mindful Money discusses the slowdown of market improvements, unemployment claims, current budget deficit, pending stimulus, possible double-dip recession and spike in new business starts — as well as the lessons learned by 2020 financial predictions.

Team Mindful Money discusses societal trends and high-frequency economic data in light of the 2020 election, vaccine availability, and Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) trade deal, and the potential impacts our economy and investments.

I’m not making any assumptions, but given that Trump’s re-election would yield more of the same chaos, I wanted to imagine what the next 4 years might look like under a Biden presidency and his plan. What would the impact be on several factors such as the tax code, Social Security, and savings for retirement?

The coronavirus is still very much with us, as is much of the economic dislocation occasioned by the virus and accompanying lockdowns. We are closing in rapidly on a number of vaccines. But it may be quite some time before most of us will have access to them, and there will inevitably be frustration in the process.

There are lots of reasons that we shouldn't mix up our portfolio over politics or let our politics overrule our investment disciplines. As an intro to our October 19th client event - here are 3 of them.

Team Mindful Money discusses leading economic indicators, job numbers and unemployment, as well as the Bay Area real estate market and how the election will affect the markets.

Team Mindful Money discusses market and economic trends that signal where we are within current market volatility. Topics include leading indicators such as the travel industry, unemployment, and the real estate market.

In his 2020 Half-Time Report Event, Jonathan K. DeYoe discusses the global markets and economies in light of COVID-19. He discusses the unprecedented events that have brought us to where we are today, and where we might be headed. One thing is for sure: 2020 will be an unforgettable year.

The first six months of 2020 saw the advent of the worst global public health crisis in a century. In response, the world locked down, putting its economy into a kind of medically-induced coma.

Team Mindful Money discusses market and economic trends that signal where we are within current market volatility.