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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

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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

Walter Todd III, president and chief investment officer at Greenwood Capital provided a 2018 economic forecast Friday. ADAM BENSON | INDEX-JOURNAL Be smart, but be creative too. That’s the advice financial advisers have for people looking to diversify, re-calibrate or expand their 2018 investment portfolios. Officials forecast a brisk economy against the backdrop of a strong stock market and massive federal tax reform. “In some ways, this market reminds me of the period

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