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

Stephen H Akin
Oct 1, 20242 min read


Sales Tax Holiday!
Computer, Printers, School Supplies. Clothing Shoes and Certain bed and bath items. Akin Investments "Back to School Tax Holiday!" Akin Investments reminds parents and grandparents to take advange of the up comming "Back to School" tax holidays. In Mississippi: The 2024 Sales Tax Holiday takes place between 12:01 A.M. Friday, July 12, 2024 and 12:00 Midnight Sunday , July 14, 2024. South Carolina Department of Revenue (SCDOR) reminds shoppers that computers, clothes, sc

Stephen H Akin
Jul 17, 20247 min read


Ahoy Investors!
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

Stephen H Akin
Aug 27, 20234 min read


Charleston
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

Stephen H Akin
Aug 22, 20231 min read


Akin Investments Charleston, South Carolina
CHECK OUT OUR NEW CHARLESTON LOCATION 170 Meeting Street Akin Investments Akin Investments now in Charleston, South Carolina! COME SEE...

Stephen H Akin
Jun 26, 20234 min read


Moral Hazard
"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

Stephen H Akin
Mar 22, 20234 min read


Force Majeure
Akin discusses "force majeure" describes those uncontrollable events (such as war, labor stoppages, or extreme weather) that are not

Stephen H Akin
Mar 1, 20222 min read


Structured Settlements and IPA's
As a Registered Investment Advisor, Akin Investment will be happy to meet with the interested parties. We will provide a....review

Stephen H Akin
Nov 30, 20213 min read


Meme Stocks on Margin
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

Stephen H Akin
Jun 23, 20213 min read
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