Dr. Richard Baker, AIF®, is the CEO and executive wealth advisor at Fervent Wealth Management.   I was pheasant hunting in South Dakota with my boys this last weekend, and we frequently found ourselves on roads with deep mud holes. If it weren’t for our four-wheel drive, we would have been in a mess. Broadening traction is good for mud and even better for the market. Right now, the market advance is expanding across multiple sectors, which is a big positive.   Markets have re

Dr. Richard Baker, AIF®, is the CEO and executive wealth advisor at Fervent Wealth Management.   The neighboring town near where I grew up has an old Missouri Pacific railroad roundhouse. It was already out of use when I was a boy, but it still fascinated me that big steam engines would be driven onto a turntable and rotated around to change directions. There are more tracks today, so it’s easier to turn trains around, but changing directions is still a big deal, maybe even m

   J.K. Ross, the Garber correspondent for the Taney County Republican newspaper, had this to say on December 3, 1906, regarding the November 29 event. This is just beautiful. 

Well – especially in Branson – I can no longer refuse to think about Christmas. I’ve already had relatives from out of state here to attend Christmas shows and see holiday lights, so I put up my Christmas décor for them to enjoy.

Oaks are known for strength, but it takes more than just strength to weather the storms of this old world.

From Coronado’s 1541 ceremony in Palo Duro Canyon to the Puritan Thanksgivings of the 1600s in New England, the purpose was to acknowledge God for blessings given.

I have not had time to thoroughly research these various connections, but after prayer and discussion with my husband over the years, we have agreed that on Halloween night we will have the porch light on and a generous basket of good candy.

In addition to the morning events, Kimberling Area Library will also host a monthly Lego Club on the first Tuesday of each month at 4:15 p.m., starting on Tuesday, December 2. 

The BCTT is managed directly by the city government, and it is a fundamental tax needed to keep Branson running when its population suddenly swells by tens of thousands of visitors.

The Civil War had dragged on for two-plus years. Several of Lincoln’s proclamations ordered states to supply additional troops.

Joe Shearrer, CPFA® is Vice President and Wealth Advisor at Fervent Wealth Management.   Several summers ago, I hiked to the summit of Mount Bierstadt in Colorado—one of the state’s more popular fourteeners. The climb up was challenging yet straightforward: a wide trail, a steady pace and clear footing. But the real adventure came next. From Bierstadt’s peak, I crossed the narrow “Sawtooth” ridge that connects to Mount Evans.   The Sawtooth isn’t for the faint of heart. On on

This idea of regional stars is unique but certainly matters when telling the story of America’s music history.

Well, to my thinking, there hasn’t been near enough “fuss” made about this remarkable diet! I had to learn about it from tagging along to my boyfriend’s doctor visit. For a doctor to be so matter of fact about this and state in a very cut and dry fashion, “This is a life extension tool” simply was enough for me to investigate.   The DASH acronym stands for “Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension.” There are so many “pluses” to this way of eating. For one, it includes ALL the

One thing I will gladly give a positive review for, though, is God’s faithfulness. Over several decades of life, my ups and downs have helped me identify more and more with the writer of Ecclesiastes.

That is the essence with which I choose to write today. May the Lord forgive me for the times I have done anything less.

There is wisdom in having international holdings in your portfolio. It gives you diversification because global stocks and other governments are not in lockstep with the U.S.

The orange streetlamps lit a covey of maple trees, trees whose leaves were making weird shivery noises in the early nighttime darkness. The sound was almost that of the ocean surf in the new dark of yet another Saturday, another week, another deep fall night, another onrushing winter, another year cold and soon dead. I stood on the high cement parking deck, modern American convention hotel juxtaposed with another old neighborhood. The orange light cast weird shadows over tras

The Ole Seagull’s personal experience as an FAA attorney causes Ole Seagull to believe it’s a job that is already incredibly stressful with no room for mistakes.

Dad said some men dropped to their knees in prayer; some clutched pocket-sized Bibles; others resolutely faced forward—but at the last possible second, the plane swerved and crashed into the ocean nearby.

The book and the class are of inestimable value in giving students perspective on the history of the Vietnam conflict, helping many better understand their grandparents and other family members who served during that time.