Sarah Yakel
Who C.A.R.E.S.?
We wrote a couple of weeks ago about the CARES act in another pun-titled post called “Care for a summary?” It contained a great summary of the bill and what is contained within. For obvious reasons, much of the focus on the CARES Act has been on the cash payments and the interest
Sarah YakelApr 14, 2020
Spring Cleaning
With stay-at-home orders in place throughout the country for the rest of the month, it seems as if we may have a fair bit of spare time on our hands in April. We hope you are all staying safe and healthy, and we wanted to share a few tips for sorting and filing your paperwork […]
Sarah YakelApr 7, 2020
Status Check
*Note: Click on graphics to expand It has certainly been a challenging month for all of us. “Normal life” has screeched to an abrupt halt as we all attempt to navigate the current health crisis. These are historic times as schools, restaurants, bars, and shops close to contain th
Sarah YakelMar 23, 2020
The Give and Take of Risk and Return
With everything going on in the world and the markets right now, the word “risk” has seemed to take center stage. But it got me thinking, isn’t some level of risk always there? So I thought it timely to get back to the basics and revisit what risk means as an investor, how it cor
Sarah YakelMar 10, 2020Coronavirus – Part 2
While we’ve already written on coronavirus a few weeks ago, it seems the virus is still not contained and is wreaking havoc across the globe—and in financial markets as well with the S&P 500 falling by over 3% today. Through February 2020, nearly 25,000 cases of coronavirus have
Sarah YakelFeb 24, 2020
Can the Market Shake the Flu?
This week, Nathan and I are attending one of our favorite conferences Inside ETFs—the conference is filled with all kinds of exciting sessions such as “The Non-transparent ETF Revolution and the Inevitable Adoption” and “Beyond the FAANGs: Understanding Technology Subsectors”—it’
Sarah YakelJan 28, 2020
Twixtmas
The week between Christmas and the New Year is a little disorienting—internet memes abound: 2019 Recap & 2020 Preview On this last day of 2019, we are caught in a little bit of Twixtmas too—we could look back and write about how amazing 2019 has been for investors… Pretty fantast
Sarah YakelDec 31, 2019Elf
To follow up on Nathan’s post from last week, I hate the Elf on a Shelf. Ours arrived a few years back and was especially clever, hanging paper snowflakes in the kids rooms, staging elaborate battles with other stuffed animals, and making snow angels out of flour…now, ages later,
Sarah YakelDec 17, 2019Harvest time is not over yet!
Now that Thanksgiving is behind us, and we’ve crossed the mark of December 1st, it is the official Christmas season now. We went this weekend to cut down our tree, the house is decorated, and the first Christmas party has come and gone… BUT, at Meridian, we are still in the middl
Sarah YakelDec 3, 2019Best of…
37 days until Christmas. Holiday decorations are starting to creep through our neighborhood—the stores are decked out with full Christmas regalia and sale signage—and our calendar is starting to fill with kids Christmas concerts and parties. Although I will allow a little Christm
Sarah YakelNov 19, 2019Growing Up – and growing old
At Meridian, we just did our annual family pictures—and we are again shocked at how big our kids are getting—they just keep growing up! Speaking of growing up…our US expansion just keeps growing older too! It is now the longest US economic expansion on record: Janet Yellen famous
Sarah YakelNov 5, 2019Lost Things
At our house, “Have you seen my _{insert lost thing} ?” is a common refrain. This morning, I couldn’t find the carpet cleaner (that I had just used last week on a different pet incident), Ben couldn’t find the belt for his school uniform, and Ethan couldn’t find his History boo
Sarah YakelOct 22, 2019