Akin Investments Celebrates Small Business and Entrepreneurs. Saturday, November 30, 2024 is Small Business Saturday.

"Animal Spirits" a term coined by the British economist, John Maynard Keynes in 1936. The five animal spirits are psychological and...

"Thank You For Your Service" Veterans Day  (originally known as Armistice Day ) is a federal holiday in the United States observed annually on November 11, for honoring military veterans of the ArmedForces of the United States. It coincides with other holidays, including Armistice Day and Rememberance Day which are commemorated in other countries, marking the anniversary of the end of World War I. Major hostilities of World War I were formally ended at the 11th hour of the 1

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Spot gold rose 0.5% to an all-time high of $2,789.73 NASDAQ Composite rose 0.8% to 18,712, a new record closing high Tuesday

As the year comes to a close, here are a few strategies that will help you set yourself up for investment success in 2025 and beyond. Akin Investments, Solutions for a Complex World The end of the calendar year is a good time to review your finances and ensure that you’re on track to meet your goals. A few year-end steps – like completing your retirement plan contributions or distributions and making charitable donations or gifts – can help prepare you for success in the comi

Social Security Administration to release the 2025 COLA Thursday October 10, 2024

19.72% Gain for the Standard and Poors 500 index for 2024 A Rising Tide Lifts All Boats

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Investors are once again focusing on Uranium. Causing talk of a Uranium Renaissance. Akin Investments, Solutions for a Complex World Technology to Drive Growth As interest in AI artificial intelligence increases researchers move forward with nuclear energy. The Global race is on for "Rare Earth" elements not only for power consumption but they are critical for the medical, electronics and, defense industries. Around the world countries are moving to protect their access and s

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Invites you to join in the celebration of our Veterans! Akin Investments Invites you to join in the celebration of our Veterans! Each year we pause to honor the brave men and women who have served our nation. “That Nation which respects and honors its dead, shall ever be respected and honored itself.”– Brevet Lieut.-Col. Edmund B. Whitman, 1868 Memorial Day, a federal holiday held the last Monday in May, is the nation's foremost annual day to mourn and honor its deceased serv

Intel will host an event for its flagship foundry business Wednesday February 21, 2024 Akin Investments, Chips and Science Act . Remembering our blog post of August 9, 2022 regarding the Chips and Science Act, we are seeing progress. Intel has announced they are holding an event February 21, 2024. Below is a portion of our Chips and Science Act blog post: The CHIPS and Science Act will establish a technology, innovation, and partnerships directorate at the National Science Fo

Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powells Jackson Hole Speech landed in our Wheelhouse! "We are navigating by the stars under cloudy skies" Powell Says: “We are navigating by the stars under cloudy skies,”. Powell went on to say Fed policymakers would “proceed carefully as we decide whether to tighten further.” “It is the Fed’s job to bring inflation down to our 2% goal, and we will do so,” Powell said. “We have tightened policy significantly over the past year. Although infla

Akin Investments has relocated to Charleston, South Carolina. Charleston, South Carolina As announced June 26, 2023 Akin Investments has moved to Charleston, South Carolina. CHECK OUT OUR NEW DOWNTOWN CHARLESTON LOCATION 174 Meeting Street Akin Investments now in Charleston, South Carolina! COME SEE OUR NEW CHARLESTON LOCATION 174 Meeting Street, 3rd Floor, Suite 300-76 Charleston, South Carolina 29401 843-822-4789 844-RIA-AKIN 174 Meeting Street, Suite 300-76 844-RIA-A

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"History Doesn't Repeat It's Self But It Often Rhymes" Mark Twain Moral hazard is a situation where an economic actor has an incentive to increase its exposure to risk because it does not bear the full costs of that risk. Or, put another way, it is when a party takes an excessive risk in bad faith, knowing another party is economically responsible for the outcome Looking back over time from the days of Mark Twain, The Reconstruction Era to the time of F. Scott Fitzgerald, Ga

Welcome to my Wheelhouse! THE MERCHANT MARINE ACT OF 1920. As a former Merchant Marine Master I felt compelled to write this blog post.

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Stephen Akin Earlier this year I wrote about some of the details & potential hazards associated with margin accounts. Many of these issues can go unnoticed, Let's take a look! To recap my January15, 2021 post When to Sell One of the more difficult decisions investors may make is deciding when to sell. Each investor has their own objectives.Some simply buy and hold. Others are active and use technical analysis for shorter term moves in the financial markets. Many family and s