Cutler Investment Group: On Money & More
If It’s Broken, It Can Be Fixed – by Erich & Matt Patten
On Money & More - May 2023 “The Fed will keep raising rates until something breaks!” is an often-repeated Wall Street axiom. Well, this past quarter when Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) failed, something broke. But [...]
A Good Investor – by Erich and Matt Patten
On Money & More - March 2023 What makes a good investor? There is no single answer to that question. Some people would say that “luck” is the best course of action, while (similarly) others [...]
Santa Claus Rally? – by Erich & Matt Patten
On Money & More - December 2022/January 2023 We’ve spent much of 2022 working off the fiscal and monetary excesses of the pandemic economy; excessive amounts of cash creation coupled with excessive lengths of time [...]
Be Diligent in Monitoring Income Sources – by Erich & Matt Patten
On Money & More - October 2022 To help combat persistently high inflation rates coming out of the pandemic economy, the Federal Reserve has increased the short-term lending rate from essentially 0% to 2.25% this [...]
Investment Advice from Aesop – by Erich & Matt Patten
On Money & More - September 2022 Let’s take a break from all the debate about inflation and recession to provide some real hard hitting investment advice relating to one of history’s greatest storytellers—Aesop. Aesop [...]
Silver Linings – by Erich & Matt Patten
On Money & More - August 2022 A recession is not “officially” determined by two straight quarters of negative Gross Domestic Product (GDP) readings, but that definition has been used for so long that is [...]
Official or Unofficial Recession? – by Erich & Matt Patten
On Money & More - July 2022 After first quarter US Gross Domestic Product shrank 1.5%, and with second quarter GDP trending toward 0%, recession concerns are appropriately on investors’ minds. A recession is typically [...]
Tools of the Trade – by Erich & Matt Patten
On Money & More - June 2022 There are a lot of free tools out there to help with financial planning. Most real estate websites will have a mortgage calculator. With rising mortgage rates, knowing [...]
Yield Curves and Money – by Erich & Matt Patten
On Money & More - May 2022 Yield curves are supposed to slope upward. For example, if you loaned your neighbor $1000 for a day, you’d probably ask for $1000 tomorrow. But, if the loan [...]
Be Prepared – by Erich & Matt Patten
On Money & More - April 2022 Cutler has long been a supporter of the Boy Scouts. We provide volunteer hours, financial support, and have kids enrolled in the program. And, if there’s one thing [...]