April 18, 2022 Forefront’s Monday Market Update The Greatest Killer of Happiness, is Comparison Being a parent is tough. The running joke is always “no one gives you a book on how to be a good parent,” but there certainly are a number of “parenting” books. They are full of anecdotes and tips and tricks that...Read More

April 11, 2022 Forefront’s Monday Market Update Is Inflation Bad for Stock Prices? It is natural, as an investor, and a human, to be nervous about your life savings. I am a financial planner for a living, and I am constantly nervous about my life savings. Having children who are 8 and 7 years old...Read More

April 4, 2022 Forefront’s Monday Market Update What Does an Inverted Yield Curve Mean? On Tuesday of last week, I felt like I was living in a distorted version of the children’s book, “Chicken Little”. Everywhere you turned, all you heard was “the yield curve has inverted, the yield curve has inverted”, as just like...Read More

Forefront‘s Monday Market Update Stop the Hyperbole I read an article this weekend that said if the war between Russia and The Ukraine continues there is a chance the world will run out of wheat. Yes, this was what the article was about, and it used a really good fear mongering statistic. The article stated that Russia...Read More

Forefront’s Monday Market Update Is there going to be a recession? I wish I knew the answer to this question with 100% certainty, but I don’t. Do I believe there is a higher chance today, than say two months ago? The answer is yes. Let me take you through my thinking. Inflation is high, we...Read More

Forefront’s Monday Market Update #1 Rule to Build Wealth More than half of Warren Buffets fortune came after he qualified for Social Security, in his mid-60s. No one will deny what an incredible investor Warren Buffet is, but during the 2013 Berkshire Hathaway shareholder meeting, Warren, and right-hand man Charlie Munger discussed how they have...Read More

Forefront’s Monday Market Update The Fee to Play Nothing is free in this world, and the key to most things in the world is figuring out what the price is, and whether or not you are willing to pay it. This holds true for your financial life, just like it does for lots of other...Read More

Forefront’s Monday Market Update Russian sanctions explained We wake up this morning to continued hostility and fighting from Russian forces as they continue their immoral invasion of Ukraine. Over the weekend, we watched and heard as the Ukrainian military held every single major city in Ukraine against Russia’s overwhelming armed forces. As the fighting continues...Read More

Forefront‘s Market Update Good morning, Just as I did, we are all waking up this morning to the news that Russia has invaded the Ukraine, which has caused a further sell off in equities. We are seeing a large drop in treasury yields, while oil prices spike. Putting war and military invasions into context is...Read More

Forefront‘s Monday Market Update The stock market’s relationship with war For my entire career I have heard that investors and markets hate nothing more than uncertainty. I can’t think of a more uncertain situation than a military conflict or war, and market prognosticators are not going to waste a second before they get on TV...Read More