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Quarterly Market Focus Podcast Q3/Q4 2025 Media Contact: John J. Gardner, CFP®, CPM® 888.985-PLAN blackhawkwealthadvisors.com jg@blackhawkwealthadvisors.com John Gardner, CFP®, CPM® is happy to announce his podcast – the Quarterly Market Focus . This quarterly podcast is a recap of the market’s highlights in the quarter just past and insights for the market in the quarter ahead. You … Continue reading “The Quarterly Market Focus Podcast 3Q25”

Bi-MONTHLY MARKET ANALYSIS & ECONOMIC UPDATES September 25, 2025 Fast Fun Facts On a lighter ERPE Excerpts, here are some fast, fun facts. While typically sharing capital market and global economic developments that I think are timely and relevant, today’s ERPE Excerpts is intended to pass on some stats and facts that you might find interesting… They’re betting … Continue reading “ERPE Excerpts 9.25.2025 … Fast Fun Facts”

Bi-MONTHLY MARKET ANALYSIS & ECONOMIC UPDATES September 11, 2025 The Renewal of Nuclear But first, and much more importantly, please let me remind you to, if not already, take a moment to reflect on the tragic day of September 11, 2001. We can now only look back at “9/11” 24 years later with sadness for … Continue reading “ERPE Excerpts 9.11.2025 Nuclear Renewal”

Bi-MONTHLY MARKET ANALYSIS & ECONOMIC UPDATES August 28, 2025 Bitcoin Cryptocurrency as an Asset Class Bitcoin is a type of digital currency, known as a cryptocurrency. It was created in 2009 by an anonymous source using the pseudonym Satoshi Nakamoto. The Bitcoin cryptocurrency operates on a decentralized technology called blockchain, which is a public ledger … Continue reading “ERPE Excerpts 8.28.25 Bitcoin”

Bi-MONTHLY MARKET ANALYSIS & ECONOMIC UPDATES August 14, 2025 The New Retirement Landscape: Strategic Planning for Wealth Preservation and Long-Term Security Retirement today is not just about turning off the work switch at a certain age; it’s an evolving journey that demands strategic planning, especially for high-net-worth families. Shifts in life expectancy, healthcare, tax laws, … Continue reading “ERPE Excerpts 8.14.25 The New Retirement Landscape”

Bi-MONTHLY MARKET ANALYSIS & ECONOMIC UPDATES July 31, 2025 Software and Artificial Intelligence Software stocks in the era of AI development. Software is crucial to Artificial Intelligence (AI) as it provides the framework and tools for developing, implementing, and managing AI systems. AI algorithms are essentially software code, and the underlying infrastructure, data processing, and … Continue reading “ERPE Excerpts 7.31.25 Software and Artificial Intelligence”

Bi-MONTHLY MARKET ANALYSIS & ECONOMIC UPDATES July 17, 2025 Happiness = Wealth Americans Define Their Wealth by Happiness We’ve all heard the saying, “Money can’t buy happiness”. In the words of Benjamin Franklin, “Money has never made man happy, nor will it, there is nothing in its nature to produce happiness.” The saying “money can’t buy happiness” is a … Continue reading “ERPE Excerpts 7.17.25 Happiness = Wealth”

Quarterly Market Focus Podcast Q2/Q3 2025 Media Contact: John J. Gardner, CFP®, CPM® 888.985-PLAN blackhawkwealthadvisors.com jg@blackhawkwealthadvisors.com John Gardner, CFP®, CPM® is happy to announce his podcast – the Quarterly Market Focus . This quarterly podcast is a recap of the market’s highlights in the quarter just past and insights for the market in the quarter ahead. You … Continue reading “The Quarterly Market Focus Podcast”

Bi-MONTHLY MARKET ANALYSIS & ECONOMIC UPDATES June 26, 2025 The Most Resilient Stock Market of All Time? From Bear to Bull and near record high makes 2025 historical Can 2025’s stock market be called “the most resilient of all time”? While it may be too soon to tell, it’s certainly among the fastest and most … Continue reading “ERPE Excerpts 6.26.2025 … The most resilient stock market of all time?”

Today’s Market Update June 23, 2025 Operation Midnight Hammer Middle East Conflict Intensifies Today’s Market Update is a brief update on weekend developments in the Middle East as President Trump released Operation Midnight Hammer. Saturday’s air and missile strikes against Iran’s nuclear infrastructure were a devastating blow that has likely set back Iran’s nuclear program for years. So much for TACO … Continue reading “Market Update June 23, 2025 – – Operation Midnight Hammer”