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Fall 2023 Newsletter

Strategic Planning Group’s newest Fall 2023 Newsletter is here! Enjoy articles from our CEO and President, Ryan Craner, as well as from advisors, John Park, Tom Craner, and Alex Craner. Then don’t forget to enjoy a blast from the past with a ‘Find the Hidden Objects’ activity, and a chance to meet the team.  Mail Me a Newsletter

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Fall 2022 Newsletter

Strategic Planning Group’s newest Fall 2022 Newsletter is here! Enjoy articles from our CEO and President, Ryan Craner, as well as from advisors, John Park, Tom Craner, and Alex Craner. Who is in the mood for some trivia?  Test your knowledge and see how you do. Strategic Planning Group is growing. We are always excited to add more members to …

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The Magic of Our Age

Amidst all the chaos of the news cycle and the challenges we face today, behind the scenes there is actual magic happening in this country every single day. We live in a time and place of unprecedented innovation, development, and progress that stand to offer a future worth investing in. In 2014, a company named Plenty founded their first vertical …

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All About Scams

In today’s world there are many amazing things happening. Technology and innovation have brought humanity forward in ways that have yet to be counted. The broad benefit of cell phones, the internet, and other incredible tech has ushered in a new age of international commerce, jobs, social connection, and general progress. Yet, as we are well aware, with new solutions …

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The Markets Don’t Care About Politics

Perhaps my title is a little over simplified. After all, politics affect policy, policy affects the economy, the economy affects the markets. I suppose markets do indirectly, somewhat, care about politics; but not quite the way most people think. A common sentiment I get from clients is the assumption that the markets will react directly and favorably to their party …

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Hedges and Protections

We are almost through 2022 and what an eventful year! A few months ago we officially entered the “technical” definition of a bear market and also officially entered the “technical” definition of a recession. As we have already advised you in past Ryan Reports, try not to be too triggered or fearful of the technical definitions of “recession” and “bear …

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Fall 2021 Newsletter

Strategic Planning Group’s newest Fall 2021 Newsletter is here! Enjoy articles from our CEO and President, Ryan Craner, as well as from advisors, John Park, Tom Craner, and Alex Craner. Are you familiar with the different types of scams many are facing daily? Enjoy this crossword as you test your knowledge of 6 different Scams and Schemes. Do you think …

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How Bad is It?

(This article was written for the Spring 2020 Newsletter.  Article titled as same title of How Bad is it?) As you are aware, we have been dealing with a bear market correction for several weeks now.  The coronavirus has caused quite a scare.  At first it seemed overreacted to and there wouldn’t be much of an economic impact, however, it …

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Remember Resolve, Remember the Sleeping Giant

It’s the year 2020 and we start out with a hope-crushing, scary pandemic crisis and a 5.7 magnitude earthquake in Utah, followed by dozens of powerful aftershocks that last over a month.  I want to remind you that it was just 20 years ago that we faced down another mysterious crisis, famously known as Y2K. The inevitable 2-digit year vs …