by Jay Chapman | Jul 15, 2022 | The Ship's Wheel
Why I Am Bullish Lots of people are concerned about their finances right now. War in Ukraine, high prices at the gas pump, Washington’s dysfunctionality, baby formula shortages, inflation, higher interest rates, and the S&P 500’s fourth-worst...
by Jay Chapman | Jul 7, 2022 | The Ship's Wheel
Can you Handle Volatility? The market has been volatile this year. This is normal. When the market behaves this way, market commentators like to come up with excuses for the volatility. There are plenty of newsworthy events taking place. Russia and Ukraine are at...
by Jay Chapman | Jul 7, 2022 | The Ship's Wheel
“Be fearful when others are greedy and greedy when others are fearful” -Warren Buffett Warren Buffett is my investment hero. I have studied his career, read scores of books on his investing process, and attended 18 of his annual shareholder...
by Jay Chapman | Sep 14, 2021 | The Ship's Wheel
The Roth IRA is an incredible wealth-building tool, as you enjoy tax-free growth and tax-free distributions. You can think of Roth assets as tax rate insurance. If tax rates are higher in the future (we think they are likely to be higher), you are protected....
by Jay Chapman | Aug 3, 2020 | The Ship's Wheel
I was putting my 3-year-old to bed last night, and of course he did not want to go to sleep but it was his bedtime. 3-year-old children often do not know what they need and sometimes they cannot express what they want. Sometimes everything in life is great for them...
by Jay Chapman | Apr 16, 2020 | The Ship's Wheel
When was the last time you worried about polio? COVID-19, the novel coronavirus, has swept a path of fear and destruction across our planet. Our current situation is not as novel as it may seem. America experienced something similar, though to a lesser...
