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Podcast: Trick Or Treat From Fed Cuts?

October 31, 2025

There was always that one house...that rumor that everybody on D Street in Petaluma didn’t just have “fun size”, they had FULL SIZE candy bars. As we sit here on Halloween night, is the Fed President

October 24, 2025

Consumer Price index (inflation) burning at 3% still, stocks in and around the all-time high neighborhood, valuations of companies with no profits through the roof and just for kicks, even more Fed cu

A Look Inside Our 2025 Advisor Meeting: Focus On AI

October 22, 2025

We serve our clients at our offices across Northern California, but once a year, we gather together to learn, connect and problem solve. There's no getting around the AI Elephant in 2025, so we...

Podcast: Shutdown Vibe Check

October 17, 2025

Entering Day 16 of the 2025 Federal Government shut down. Last week the market seemed to shrug it off. But for how long? Gold? Bonds? This is a time when, as the kids these days now like to say...

New Santa Rosa Office Now Open

October 11, 2025

We are excited to announce the opening of our NEW Santa Rosa office at 250 D St. Suite 204. Located inside the historic Rosenburg building in downtown Santa Rosa, this classically restored space...

Podcast: Government Shut Down and Trade Tensions. This Is Fine.

October 10, 2025

Air traffic control, National Parks, half the IRS, NASA, health agencies all shut down...the market took a minute, but now in tandem with new Chinese tensions, the market is reacting. Negatively...

Podcast: Ai Cycle That's Feeding Itself?

October 03, 2025

You just sort of wake up and are in a cycle that you don't know how it started and it's unclear when it'll end. The money has money, the money goes to the performance, the performance is Ai...