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Summer temperatures are heating up, and so is second-quarter earnings season. This week, all eyes are on Alphabet and Tesla as they report quarterly results. While both companies are always market movers, this time investors may be paying less attention to the...

When I was in high school, I worked at a local video store. Back then, people left home, drove to a store, and wandered the aisles looking for a movie to rent. You’d take the VHS tape home for a one-night rental and then return it the next day (hopefully remembering...

In junior high, our school dances were in the cafeteria. The girls all danced in the middle, and the guys would lean against the walls, hoping a girl would dance with them at the next slow song. Once, my buddy said to me, "Stand up straight and look confident. Girls...

A few days ago, I went into the kitchen thinking I was on firm footing in my own house, but I didn’t realize my wife had left the dishwasher door open. In the pitch dark, I tripped over the open dishwasher door, flipped in the air, and landed hard on my right arm. I...

As kids, our favorite town cop let us play wiffle ball and tennis in the streets late at night after the offices closed. All was good until there was a new cop who made us stay on the sidewalks and obey laws we thought weren’t for us. I have a feeling that’s how...

It’s already been a great year for stocks, with the S&P 500 total return of almost 10% year to date. Fervent Wealth Management is a financial management and services entity in Springfield, Missouri.

Interestingly, I was already planning to write about the massive investment in artificial intelligence. While the topics couldn’t seem more different, they share something in common: uncertainty. Fervent Wealth Management is a financial management and services entity in Springfield, Missouri.

In recent years, investors have had many reasons to be cautious. Inflation surged. Interest rates climbed at the fastest pace in decades. Regional banks failed. Fervent Wealth Management is a financial management and services entity in Springfield, Missouri.

The four biggest names in tech, Microsoft, Alphabet, Meta (Facebook), and Amazon, all recently reported earnings and mentioned that they are starting to make money with their AI tools. Fervent Wealth Management is a financial management and services entity in Springfield, Missouri.

Record-setting market highs make everyone feel better, and the S&P 500 is up 17% since March 30, 2026. Fervent Wealth Management is a financial management and services entity in Springfield, Missouri.

Iran, which has become increasingly annoyed by the US Navy blockade of its ports, is expanding the area where it says ships can’t sail in without permission. This is prompting companies and energy organizations to get creative about moving products around an active bully.

This week, we made a small increase in exposure to both small cap growth and small cap value. Fervent Wealth Management is a financial management and services entity in Springfield, Missouri.

Fervent Wealth Management is a financial management and services entity in Springfield, Missouri. Seagate Technology is a global manufacturer of data storage products. They specialize in hard disk drives, solid-state drives, and storage systems. Its shares are up over 600% over the last year.

Individual investors, whom analysts call retail investors, are investing as if they were playing video games. There is a shaky truce in the Iran war, but the U.S. continues blockading Iran’s ports, and as I write this, Iran has fired on three cargo ships.

Major banks like JPMorgan, Wells Fargo, and Citigroup have described the consumer as “resilient,” noting that spending remains steady despite higher interest rates and persistent inflation. Fervent Wealth Management is a financial management and services entity in Springfield, Missouri.

Shortly after news broke about a two-week ceasefire between the U.S. and Iran, global markets saw huge swings in volatility. Fervent Wealth Management is a financial management and services entity in Springfield, Missouri.

As the first quarter of the market year comes to a close, it looks like the stock markets have endured this current difficult stretch. Fervent Wealth Management is a financial management and services entity in Springfield, Missouri.

Crude Oil prices plummeted, and stock markets rallied on the news from President Trump that the U.S. would pause bombing energy infrastructure early that morning. Fervent Wealth Management is a financial management and services entity in Springfield, Missouri.