Matt Weier, CFA, CFP®

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3 Investment Questions You Might Be Wondering and How to (or not) Respond

3 Investment Questions You Might Be Wondering and How to (or not) Respond

Investments Audio/Video

Last weekend I was listening to a podcast where the host was interviewing an investment manager from a large Wall Street investment firm. The manager was touting the success of his pre-2020 prediction that there...

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3 Important Investment Lessons for Today

3 Important Investment Lessons for Today

Investments

You probably don’t need me to remind you that it’s been about six months since the new Covid-sponsored reality has taken hold. But maybe it is worth pausing to reflect and wonder aloud, “has it really been that...

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How to Be Confident When Markets Can’t Be Explained

How to Be Confident When Markets Can’t Be Explained

Investments Audio/Video

A question we’ve heard from many of you in recent months and weeks generally follows the theme of wondering how or why stock prices have recovered so much and so quickly since March, despite so much uncertainty and...

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Inflation Part 2: Investing for an Inflationary Environment

Inflation Part 2: Investing for an Inflationary Environment

Investments

I recently dedicated a whole piece to why the recent “money printing” to stimulate the economy is unlikely to lead to run-away inflation. So, why am I following it up with a piece about how to invest for an...

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Inflation Part 1: Will “Money Printing” Cause Inflation?

Inflation Part 1: Will “Money Printing” Cause Inflation?

Investments

Depending on the day lately, you might see a study or expert cite one of two points. Either inflation is a thing of the past, or all this “money printing” is setting us up for higher inflation in the future. Both...

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There’s no “All Clear” Notification

There’s no “All Clear” Notification

Investments

Imagine a world where you don’t wake up in the morning to a plethora of headlines – some positive, the overwhelming majority negative, but collectively confusing and overwhelming – accompanied by stock prices...

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7 Questions 3M Employees Need to Answer

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Making Sense of Everything

Making Sense of Everything

Investments

The last six weeks have seen the economy, markets, and more importantly, our lives, change dramatically with little notice. Uncertainty about the near future has reached historic levels. We’ve seen this before when...

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Markets are Processing Information

Markets are Processing Information

Investments

I began last week’s post asking that you reach out with any questions or if you want to talk, because conversations are what get us through difficult times. We’ve spoken with many of you since then and I speak for...

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What to Make of All the News

What to Make of All the News

Investments

A quick note before I get into the main topic today

I usually wrap up these posts by asking that you reach out if you have any questions or want to talk. Today I want to lead with that. We’ve heard from many of you...

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Bear Market? It’s OK – You’re Prepared!

Bear Market? It’s OK – You’re Prepared!

Investments Audio/Video

As market volatility and uncertainty have continued since our post two weeks ago, we wanted to follow up with some additional thoughts on the topic of being prepared for stock price declines. 

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You are Prepared for This

You are Prepared for This

Investments

By now you may have seen headlines chronicling what has become the biggest weekly decline in stocks since 2008 or the largest two-day decline since 2011. To be sure, it’s never enjoyable to see stock prices fall....

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The Best Performing Stocks of the Millennium!

The Best Performing Stocks of the Millennium!

Investments

The Best Performing Stocks of the Millennium!

By now I’m sure you’ve heard many recaps of the last year and decade and predictions for the new year and decade. Yes, this is another one. Stick with me. It will be...

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