By Garrett Underwood My name is Garrett Underwood, and I have been with Christian Financial Advisors for 7 months now as a Client Service Associate. I have had the pleasure of meeting clients and getting to serve them. I schedule meetings, handle paperwork, and help Teresa with the behind the scenes functions that keep Christian [...]
By Shawn Peters and Bob Barber It has happened to the best of us. We have a big financial decision, and we jump the gun to make a large purchase before we ask for advice or really think things through, leaving us financially vulnerable afterward. Since making big financial decisions is something that we all [...]
By Bob Barber Christian Financial Advisors is proud to sponsor 12 Compassion International kids - one representing each month of the year. Each monthly donation is given in our clients’ names as a representation of a birthday gift. Funds that were previously allocated to buy client birthday gifts are now donated to bless the children [...]
By Bob Barber As we come to the end of the year, I reflect on Christian Financial Perspectives and the many audio podcasts we have made over the last few years and YouTube videos to go with it since June 7th of this year. We now have 133 episodes at the time of this writing [...]
By Austin Read Have you ever wondered what waiting ten years to begin investing would do to your retirement portfolio? Let’s look at two examples: Jack and Jill. Jack, who is 20 years old, begins investing by putting an initial deposit of $2,500 into his account, and then sets up recurring contributions of $350 per [...]
By Don VandeVanter Here are some common comments heard from investors lately: “I’m waiting for the election results.” “When will the bear market be over?” “I’m waiting for inflation to get turned around.” Trying to predict the timing of change in financial markets is a lot like trying to predict the weather. Unfortunately, the results [...]
By Bob Barber Between Thanksgiving and Christmas, US retail sales reached $889 billion in 2021 and are expected to reach $942 billion in 2022. The top-end estimate for 2022 is $960 billion. Comparing that with 2012 numbers of $567 billion, we’re up over 66% in just ten years. That’s a LOT of Christmas shopping! To [...]
First Things First September 13, 2022 was the worst day of the year for the overall markets. This was caused by news that inflation was higher than expected and concerns that the Federal Reserve will continue to raise rates. Then on the very next day, on September 14th, news was released indicating wholesale prices had [...]
In this episode of Market Minutes, Bob talks about the current volatility in the markets and what we should do about it. We also have an optional survey below that we'd love to get your anonymous feedback on. Thank you and please don't hesitate to reach out if you have any questions or concerns. We're [...]
By Bob Barber, CWS®, CKA® Definition: A bear market is when securities prices fall 20% or more from recent highs amid widespread pessimism and negative investor sentiment. The average bear market can last around a year. The average “bull market”, where prices are increasing, last over 4 years. Bear markets create buying opportunities. Many good [...]
