Market Commentary Update & the Banking System This is Bob Barber of Christian Financial Advisors. Yesterday morning all our advisors met to discuss the markets and what is happening in the present banking system. I asked one of our advisors, Don VandeVanter, to write a commentary on this matter. Don is a CPA and has [...]
Market Commentary: 2022 Recap and 2023 Forward By Bob Barber and Shawn Peters As we begin 2023, we look back on 2022 and look forward to this new year. Last year was volatile for the stock markets as they entered into a Bear Market (a 20% decline from previous highs) in June. Today as I [...]
By Jenna Peters ‘Tis the season to be giving…especially now that it is the end of the year and some of you are wanting to hit that tax quota for giving and donations. Did you know that donating directly to non-profits is super important for more than just the reasons you think? I’m actually the [...]
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 [...]
