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Elm3’s Guide to Exchange-Traded Funds (ETFs)

2023-05-11T14:59:37-04:00July 28th, 2022|Blog, Investments|

Elm3's Guide to Exchange-Traded Funds (ETFs) By: Stacey Nickens As investors, we are always inundated with reminders to diversify our portfolios. Diversification involves adding lots of companies to your portfolio, such that your portfolio is exposed to a variety of company sizes, company styles, and sectors. Diversifying your portfolio helps create stability. If one [...]

Five Innovative Ideas for Investments

2023-05-11T15:32:05-04:00April 30th, 2021|Blog, Investments|

Five Innovative Ideas for Investments By: Stacey Nickens Instead of going to restaurants, people have their food delivered through GrubHub, DoorDash, or UberEats. Many consumers pay for purchases using technologies such as Square or PayPal instead of using cash. Cryptocurrency is on the rise, and autonomous cars could be our future. With all of [...]

Caring for Your Financial Garden

2023-05-11T15:32:37-04:00April 19th, 2021|Blog, Financial Planning|

Caring for Your Financial Garden By: Stacey Nickens To me, freshly-grown flowers fill me with so much hope. As Audrey Hepburn once said, "To plant a garden is to believe in tomorrow." Each Spring, I reserve my spots at the community garden. I pick out what seeds I will plant, and then I carefully [...]

Investments That Could Benefit From Biden’s Infrastructure Plan

2023-05-11T15:33:36-04:00April 5th, 2021|Blog, Investments|

Investments That Could Benefit From Biden's Infrastructure Plan By: Stacey Nickens Last week, President Joe Biden revealed his American Jobs Plan. This plan would invest over $2 trillion into American infrastructure projects, including improving highways and modernizing state and federal facilities, amongst other goals. While the plan still needs to pass Congress, many analysts [...]

Positions I’m Watching: PayPal

2023-05-11T15:37:03-04:00February 19th, 2021|Blog, Investments|

Positions I'm Watching: PayPal By: Stacey Nickens Due to the pandemic, more people are shopping online rather than in store. As a result, the online payment industry has seen a big increase in demand. The online payment platform, PayPal, has accordingly benefited, and its stock has grown over 50% during the past three months. [...]

Romantic Investment Opportunities for Valentine’s Day

2023-05-11T15:38:02-04:00February 4th, 2021|Blog, Investments|

Romantic Investment Opportunities for Valentine's Day By: Stacey Nickens Talking about stocks and bonds may not sound like the most romantic dinner conversation. Couples often fight over money and finances, so why would you want to mix investment decisions with your Valentine's Day plans? However, I have seen many individuals lovingly gift investments to [...]

Stacey’s 5 Investment Tips for Fall 2020

2020-09-03T16:19:56-04:00August 24th, 2020|Blog|

Stacey's 5 Investment Tips for Fall 2020 By: Stacey Nickens The last few months have brought significant financial uncertainty. Heading into the fall, many of us are wondering how COVID-19, the presidential election, and other events will impact the stock market. With so many unknowns, how can you best ensure that your portfolio will see [...]

Positions I’m Watching: Biotechnology ETFs

2020-08-31T17:03:40-04:00July 24th, 2020|Blog|

Positions I'm Watching: Biotechnology ETFs By: Stacey Nickens | July 24 Tons of biotechnology companies are tasked with developing a COVID-19 vaccine, making their stocks an appealing buy. However, when one or two of these companies eventually succeed, the others will could see a drop in the value of their stocks. Since none of us [...]