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Independent Professional Advice
In some cases an IPA letter is required by law. State laws, court orders and buying companies may require sellers to consult an IPA. You, as the seller, always have the option of seeking independent financial advice in assessing your situation.


Memorial Day 2024
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

Stephen H Akin
May 23, 20245 min read


Structured Settlement Protection Act
South Carolina amends the Structured Settlement Protection Act to protect Injury Victims Selling Structured Settlements = Independent Professional Advice On May 16, 2023 South Carolina Governor Henry McMasters signed the new law. It becomes effective January 1, 2024. Here is the summary of the amendment as it is found on the South Carolina Legislature website: Session 125 - (2023-2024) S*0259 (Rat #0029, Act #0022 of 2023) General Bill, By Rankin, Young, Hutto, Sabb and Mall

Stephen H Akin
Oct 7, 20235 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
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