Brian Cochran, Financial Planner | CFP® | CKA®
4 Thoughts on the Yield Curve
You may have seen the big news that the 2 year/10 year yield curve inverted on August 13th. This interest rate activity, and the 3% stock market drop that accompanied it, were meaningful enough to make it out of the financial news cycle and into the main stream. The Albuquerque Journal felt it warranted an all-caps…
Things Are Good, Why Do I Feel Bad?
I love standup comedians. As observers of society, they call out what the rest of us can’t see or refuse to acknowledge. It’s easy to brush off even the best comedians as simple entertainers. I think many are geniuses. One of my favorite comedians, Jerry Seinfeld, has a show called Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee….
Death by Comparison
Most of us are familiar with the negative impact stress has on our health. We are also familiar with the common causes of stress: troubled relationships, busy schedules, demanding work environments, etc. New research shows an additional cause of stress related to money: relative socioeconomic status. Socioeconomic status can be measured two ways. We can…
Big Things Come in Small Packages
The power of compound interest is a broadly understood and well-documented phenomenon. I learned about compound interest and how it applies to personal finance early on in my financial planning training, but I recently came across an extreme example of it that took my appreciation of its capabilities to a whole different level. My story…
The $80 Billion Voluntary Tax
Taxes are due soon. But there’s one tax that gets paid all year long. Brian shines some light on its dark repercussions.