

Frank Byrd, CFA
- Feb 10, 2019
The Ultimate Signpost
On the Money: “What amazes me more than any spectacle of boom-and-bust is our capacity as a species to witness speculative bubble...


Frank Byrd, CFA
- Jan 14, 2019
Bargain? Or Devil's Bargain?
Bargain? Or Devil's Bargain? No one asked for falling securities prices for the Holidays, but that’s what we got. Then we've had to...


Frank Byrd, CFA
- Dec 29, 2018
A Gift, Not a Lump of Coal
“... our job is to help you be greedy when others are frightened, and cautious when others are greedy... Correction can be a scary...


Frank Byrd, CFA
- Nov 21, 2018
What Is Happening?
“When the collective consciousness stops believing growth can be created by money and debt expansion, the entire medium will fall apart...


Frank Byrd, CFA
- Nov 20, 2018
Welcome Our New Partner Steve Korn
It is with great pride and excitement that I announce Stephen Korn is joining Fielder as a Partner. Steve and I met 20 years ago as students


Frank Byrd, CFA
- Sep 30, 2018
Stock and Bond Prices – Real or Manipulated?
“In the 1950's and 1960's, political leaders enjoyed much more public trust than they do today, enabling tougher economic decisions to be...


Peter Cook, CFP, CFA and Frank Byrd, CFA
- Jul 21, 2018
2 Tax Advantaged Giving Strategies
Char “Virtue isn't in just being nice to people others are prone to care about. So true virtue lies mostly in also being nice to those...


Frank Byrd, CFA
- May 14, 2018
Safe Haven Impostors
“More great fortunes are made during bad times than good times.” -- Rhett Butler in Gone with the Wind This quote is in honor of Richard...


Frank Byrd, CFA
- Apr 22, 2018
The Thing about Artists
Amen of the Week From Jack Ma, founder and executive chairman CEO of Alibaba, on the flawed logic behind today’s brewing trade war: “The...


Frank Byrd, CFA
- Feb 28, 2018
The 10% Lie
The 10% Lie OK, maybe “lie” is a strong word. A more genteel label is “mischaracterization of the facts”. Financial advisers have a nasty...