by Sara Baker | Jul 23, 2025 | Articles
A few years ago, I built a baseball field on some land I owned along the river for my kids’ teams to practice on. The ballfield was a great decision, but putting the porta-potty far away from the field was a bad decision when the river flooded and carried it...
by Sara Baker | Jul 17, 2025 | Articles
Since bottoming out in April, the U.S. stock market has staged a powerful rally—pushing the S&P 500, Nasdaq, and Dow Jones Industrial Average to new all-time highs. As of mid-July, the S&P 500 has gained over 18% year-to-date, while the tech-heavy Nasdaq has...
by Sara Baker | Jun 26, 2025 | Articles
When I was a kid, I used to watch The Beverly Hillbillies — a show about a poor family that strikes it rich when oil is discovered on their land. One day they’re in the Ozarks, the next they’re in Beverly Hills, navigating a world they never expected to enter. That...
by Sara Baker | Jun 4, 2025 | Articles
The month of May has a reputation, and it’s not a good one. As an investment month, it’s the equivalent of the drunk uncle everyone is embarrassed to see show up at the family BBQ. Despite May’s reputation for negative performance, the past May saw US...
by Sara Baker | May 29, 2025 | Articles
For decades, the 60/40 investment portfolio—60% stocks and 40% bonds—was considered a reliable long-term growth and stability formula. Financial advisors, pension funds, and individual investors leaned on it as a time-tested standard. But in today’s economic...
