By Chris Balzer
Saving energy and lowering our utility bills seems to be on everyone’s mind lately. We get advice from neighbors, friends, blogs, big box stores and internet searches. Sometimes this advice can get confusing or contradicting, and we decide to do nothing. Let’s face it, saving energy has...
By Maurice Stouse, Branch Manager Financial Advisor
The US dollar has strongly performed year to date having risen over 10% as of this writing. That has positive and negative impacts on the US and its economy. Former Secretary of State James Baker noted some time ago that the US remains...
The Walton Area Chamber of Commerce presents “The Next BIG Thing”, Tuesday-Wednesday, September 6-7, 2022, at Hilton Sandestin Beach Golf Resort and Spa.
Presented by Ascension Sacred Heart Hospital on the Emerald Coast, the annual symposium has three distinctive tracks, including leadership development, business and entrepreneurship, and women in business....
By Joe Capers, Insurance Zone
The unpopular, but familiar topics and headlines continue. Florida now has the highest premiums in the nation. It has been two and a half years since we started to feel the impact of the changing (hardening) insurance marketplace in our state. Because we are nearly...
By Chris Balzer,
When planning your next beach day, take some extra time and enjoy the beach ECES style (Emerald Coast Energy Solutions). Of course we like the traditional beach things; sitting by the water, watching the waves curl ever so slightly, looking for that pod of dolphin fins, listening...
By Maurice Stouse, Branch Manager Financial Advisor
The financial media are replete with reports that the markets in 2022 are off to one of their worst halves in recorded history. The stock market – the worst since 1970. The bond market, the worst ever. That begs the question, is the...
By Joe Capers, Insurance Zone
With 70% confidence, NOAA (National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration) has just released its 2022 Hurricane Season Forecast calling for an above average season with 14 to 21 named storms. Last year’s 21 named storms was the second season in a row – third overall –...
By Jeremy Neel
It’s a well-known fact that mold destroys homes and ruins people’s health. Yet, some people aren’t aware of how to find out if there is mold in their homes. While mold is a problem anywhere, Florida’s weather creates more risks for mold. Florida’s high heat and severe storms increase the risk...
By Maurice Stouse, Branch Manager and Financial Advisor
Investors have watched the market move its way down for most of this year. Whether invested in stocks, bonds, crypto or otherwise, it seemed that values just continued to slip. Why has this been so? We look at several inputs to help...
The Florida SBDC provides no-cost consulting services to current or aspiring small business owners. FSBDC at UWF services includes training programs, market research, business plans, access to capital, feasibility studies, sales growth, marketing plans, government contracting, and assistance to minority-owned businesses.
If you manage a small business and are looking...
