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Tue, 10/13/2020 - 12:27
What a wild and crazy year 2020 has been. The fortitude of most investors has already been tested multiple times, and with the election only a few weeks away, many will continue to have their blood pressure and risk tolerance tested.
Tue, 10/13/2020 - 11:12
After every major stock market decline a handful of investors will start asking themselves why they didn’t sell after the market dropped around 10%? The logic appears so simple after the stock market drops 20% or more, right? Investors can now see with perfect hindsight that the first 10% was only the beginning and they should have known more was to come.
Mon, 09/14/2020 - 10:58
They’re back!! It may be hard to believe but unfettered excitement over investing in technology stocks has returned with a vengeance. It feels like a lifetime ago – actually, barely five months – when fear swept through the financial markets as the Covid-19 global pandemic sent the world economy into an abyss. Entire economies were effectively shut down with ramifications as uncertain as predicting the weather.
Mon, 09/14/2020 - 10:41
As creatures of habit, it often takes an intense experience to shake us out of our routines and get us to examine how we are spending our lives. For many, COVID-19 was a jolt that jump started them to examine their habits and priorities, and for some the forced sabbatical gave them the time necessary to make positive changes.
Wed, 09/09/2020 - 15:17
At the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, I noticed an important shift in my life and in the lives of many around me. I struggled to appropriately articulate this feeling, but before March of 2020, I sometimes felt like the world was on a treadmill. With each passing measure of time, the speed and incline seemed to be increasing a fraction of a degree, so that over time too many of us were in a state of constant distraction, using the term “busy” when describing any portion of our lives. Life was flying by and we were too distracted to notice…
Mon, 08/10/2020 - 16:13
As recent graduates from Virginia Tech and the University of Georgia, we have experienced the effects of Covid-19 firsthand through finishing our senior year online, in quarantine, and without any guidance as the world has not seen a pandemic this large in over a century. The uncertainty surrounding these trying times may leave you feeling stressed or powerless, but we wanted to share some of our experiences and discuss different strategies we used for fighting back against Covid-19 (in addition to wearing a mask!).
Thu, 07/30/2020 - 10:06
Seriously? Why would anyone willingly choose to run UP a hill? The sudden burst of extra effort, a shortened stride and quickened cadence, leaning forward with your breath and heart rate accelerating. Why run hills when you can take an easier route, staying flat or avoiding running altogether?
Fri, 07/17/2020 - 17:07
The year 2020 was touted to be the year of “clarity”. Yet instead of a fun cliché, we have experienced the opposite. Covid-19 has altered our daily lives in unprecedented ways, testing the daily habits, routines, and rhythms that are often the greatest source of our happiness and success.