By Bob Barber I hope this commentary finds all of you doing well. A few of you have contacted me lately asking how it's going with our managed portfolios. To answer that question in a nutshell, we have been actively underweighting and overweighting the different sectors and asset classes that have been either oversold or [...]
By Bob Barber, CWS®, CKA® According to many biblical scholars, there are over 1500 scriptures in God’s Word that have to do with money, possessions, and stewardship. Did you know that according to many scholars, Jesus spoke on stewardship more than heaven and hell combined? It’s hard to go to any book in the New [...]
There is so much uncertainty today… The Coronavirus continues The new administration’s agenda and Biden’s numerous executive orders Continued massive borrowing of money to overcome the impact of the Coronavirus and how could this ultimately create high inflation and higher interest rates And then last week, out of nowhere, Reddit users manipulated the price of […]
TIME: Tuesday, February 2nd, 2021 at 12:00 PM CT DESCRIPTION: The majority of investors invest for the purpose of increasing their net worth and providing for the future. And this has been the pattern from the beginning of modern investing. In this special webinar event, we will ask and answer the question, “Is there more [...]
State of the Company I hope this commentary finds you doing well as we all get settled into the new year. All the CIS staff is doing great and fortunately no one has gotten the coronavirus yet. We continue to be extremely careful by socially distancing ourselves from each other and fully utilizing online technologies [...]
By Bob Barber, CWS® Proverbs 21:5 “The plans of the diligent lead to profit as surely as haste leads to poverty.” The Rule of 72 is a mathematical formula I think everyone needs to know and understand when it comes to investing. This rule is extremely powerful and can be used to determine how often [...]
By Bob Barber, CWS® 2 Timothy 1:7 “For God gave us a spirit not of fear but of power and love and self-control.” Life is full of risk. Every time we get into a car to go somewhere there is a RISK. Moving to a different city there is a RISK. Changing jobs for hopefully [...]
By Bob Barber, CWS® We have received many calls over the past few weeks concerning the elections. At this point, we are still waiting to see what will happen with the control of the senate. If the senate can maintain republican control, this creates “gridlock” in the government, which is typically what the markets like, [...]
Markets Update and Strategies for Christian Financial Advisors Managed Fee-Based Portfolios by Bob Barber I hope today finds you well as we continue to deal with a year for the history books. From the coronavirus, to the riots and political upheaval, to the record fires in the west and a number of hurricanes, to what [...]
We’ve included a section from Bob’s Bible study, “Biblical Viewpoints of Money and Wealth”, on secular and biblical counsel. We encourage you to take a look, get out your Bible, and fill out the questions below! Plans fail for lack of counsel, but with many advisers they succeed. PROVERBS 15:22 What does Proverbs 15:22 say [...]
We Are Closed Today
In observance of July 4th, the markets are closed today so we are unable to accept trades and transactions. Our offices are also closed to allow our staff time to be with their families. We will return to normal business hours on Tuesday, July 6th 2021. Thank you and God bless America!
