These single-stock varieties have become popular among investors who tend to be gamblers. They have the potential for high returns but also huge losses.

Dr. Richard Baker, AIF®, is the CEO and executive wealth advisor at Fervent Wealth Management.   I was recently speaking with one of my best friends, who is a pilot, about flight turbulence. He said there are two kinds of turbulence: natural turbulence caused by weather (wind) and pilot-induced turbulence, which happens when a pilot makes a mistake.   We are beginning to see some increased turbulence (market volatility), but is it a change to overall maket conditions or is it

Dr. Richard Baker, AIF®, is the CEO and executive wealth advisor at Fervent Wealth Management.   I read recently that a young Australian Shepherd dog was missing after a traffic accident, and everyone was to be on the lookout. Though he was a pet, his breed's original job was to herd sheep. Another great shepherding tool was the use of a bellwether, where the farmer put a bell around the neck of the lead sheep, causing the rest of the flock to stay grouped around him.    Inve

Joe Shearrer, CPFA® is Vice President and Wealth Advisor at Fervent Wealth Management.   When the world feels uncertain — inflation high, government debt ballooning, central banks under pressure — investors tend to look beyond the dollar for a safety net. Gold, the age-old hedge, often leads that retreat. But to understand why, you must see them not as speculative gambles, but as symptoms of a deeper impulse: the urge to preserve value when faith in paper money wavers.   Gold

The Fed sets the overnight banking rate, which is used as a baseline for other loans, but is not used for mortgage rates.

Inflation remains above the central bank’s 2% target, but signs of a cooling labor market — slower job creation, rising jobless claims — appear to have convinced policymakers that keeping rates elevated may do more harm than good.

It was the kind of milestone that made both politicians and investors consider the fiscal health of the world’s leading economies, and they probably didn’t like what they saw.

For nearly a century, September has been the S&P 500’s weakest month. Since 1928, the index has averaged a decline of just over one percent and has finished lower more than half the time...

Dr. Richard Baker, AIF®, is the CEO and executive wealth advisor at Fervent Wealth Management.   Tariffs have become a pawn in America’s...

On Tuesday, August 19, the Nasdaq Composite, the U.S. stock market's main technology index, had its biggest loss in weeks.

Dr. Richard Baker, AIF®, is the CEO and executive wealth advisor at Fervent Wealth Management.   My daughter and her husband were on a...

While the numbers are encouraging, investors are primarily focused on forward-looking guidance from company leadership to measure their ability to navigate the next few months.

The Japan deal came on the heels of two other deals with Indonesia and the Philippines. The Indonesia deal alone increases the Indonesia tariff payments from last year's $1 billion to just over $7 billion.

Joe Shearrer, CPFA® is Vice President and Wealth Advisor at Fervent Wealth Management.   Since bottoming out in April, the U.S. stock...

The strength of the market proves yet again that the fundamentals of the U.S. economy and corporate America can withstand a lot.

There has been no shortage of market challenges in the first half of this year.

Joe Shearrer, CPFA® is Vice President and Wealth Advisor at Fervent Wealth Management.   When I was a kid, I used to watch “The Beverly...

Joe Shearrer, CPFA® is Vice President and Wealth Advisor at Fervent Wealth Management.   I was talking with my wife over coffee this...

In February 2022, just a few days after telling the U.S. government that it would stop sharing sensitive technology with its Chinese partners linked to the Chinese military...