By Maurice Stouse, Financial Advisor and Branch Manager
As we are now into a whole new year, the more things change the more they stay the same: The Covid virus is still with us, the money supply is still at historically high levels, rates remain low, housing remains strong. Unemployment...
By Joe Capers, Insurance Zone
It has been two years since we wrote about the changing insurance market place in Florida. Because we are nearly surrounded by water with the possibility of storms and other natural disasters so evident, the cycles are much more pronounced.
Typically, insurance industry cycles will last...
By Chris Balzer
Welcome 2022! A recent survey of 531 US adults showed the top resolutions are; exercise more, eat healthier, and save money. A look back twenty years, CNN’s poll showed the top resolutions were; get out of debt, lose weight and develop a healthy habit (quit smoking). It’s...
By Maurice Stouse
Financial Advisor and Branch Manager
The US economy is on a tear so to speak. Economic growth is considered by some to be beyond red hot (Fidelity recently called it “white hot”). Corporate profits have been growing at record paces, despite higher prices for materials and labor. Yes,...
By Joe Capers, Insurance Zone
In a recent edition we focused on the details of a sound Business Insurance Program. Similar parallels can be established for your equally important Personal Insurance Program. Personal lines insurance is designed to offer protection for individuals and families rather than organizations and businesses. The...
By Maurice Stouse, Financial Advisor and Branch Manager
Thanksgiving week brought encouraging news (according to the Wall Street Journal) that supply chain logjams might be loosening. The administration, in trying to give some relief to gas prices, was set to make releases from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR). Bill Gates’ TerraPower...
By Chris Balzer
Throughout this season, and as we move into a new year, we wish you moments of peace amid difficulties, connections with family and friends and the warmth of memories from holidays past and wonderful glimpses of the joy that still lives under the surface.
We would also like...
The Florida Public Relations Association's Northwest Florida Coast Chapter invites you to join us for a festive holiday mixer and silent auction December 16th from 6-9 pm at Sunset Bay Café in Miramar Beach, Florida.
The Northwest Florida Coast Chapter's Inaugural Mingle & Jingle Holiday Mixer is presented by Okaloosa...
Better Business Bureau (BBB) has a Naughty List with the top 12 scams of Christmas that are most likely to catch consumers and donors off guard during this season.
Many of the scams on this list are facilitated through emails and social media platforms, however the latter is where most people...
By Paul Vizard,
Season 4 of Yellowstone, starring Kevin Costner, Cole Hauser, Kelly Reilly, and Luke Grimes just kicked off. Set in Montana, the series popularity has increased with large audiences following Montana ranchers in daily conflict with developers, other ranchers, and lowdown characters. The show has spawned merchandise with...
