Having a yacht sounds like a dream — cruising in Italy with Beyoncé and jetting off to the Bahamas with Lady Gaga. Well, it might sound glamorous but not everybody is happy with their purchase of a yacht.

"The fact that gold has broken out to a new all-time high and has no technical overhead supply is positive for the long term," says Stephen Akin, an investment advisor at Akin Investments in Charleston, South Carolina.

Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York City, on April 14, 2023.

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FINRA Series 65 Registered Investment Advisor, Stephen Akin is an independent, fiduciary advisor with over 35 years of investing experience

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Recently I participated in an article for Forbes.com by Chris Carosa
Here is an excerpt:

‘The common theme is fear and panic’: These are the lessons learned from the past 3 bear markets

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AMERICA'S ECONOMIC MIGRANTS: Why residents like John O’Shea are fleeing New York & other expensive states at a record rate. Stephen Akin of Biloxi, Mississippi, says his home…

We hear all about “not saving enough” when it comes to retirement, but there’s another issue that can be worse: “not spending enough.”

If you didn’t learn the lesson of staying put in volatile markets until 2019, then you may have learned it too late

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Yet, the clock is ticking. Once the old year turns over to the new, a curtain of opportunity slams forever shut.

“One of the first things a potential investor should consider is FINRA’s BrokerCheck". said Stephen Akin, of Greenwood- based Akin Investment Advisory.

In some ways, this market reminds me of the period from "August 1982 to the peak in 1987" said Stephen Akin, who runs Akin Investment Advisory in Uptown Greenwood.

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