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

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

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

CHECK OUT OUR NEW CHARLESTON LOCATION 170 Meeting Street Akin Investments Akin Investments now in Charleston, South Carolina! COME SEE OUR NEW CHARLESTON LOCATION 170 Meeting Street, 1st Floor, Suite 110 Charleston, South Carolina 29401 If you are like many people you may not be confident in making financial and investment decisions on your own. There are two main categories of professionals who can help you: the Stockbroker and the Registered Investment Advisor. They diff

"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

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

Some of Stephen Akin’s jargon stems from his days spent on waters. He grew up in Houston, Texas, boating and fishing, and became...