Many people we talk to are wondering how they can build wealth in a post-pandemic world. To help you think through how to best position yourself for success, we would like to offer these five ideas for the rest of the year.
Many businesses have had to adapt and make changes to their business models due to the pandemic, and in this blog post, we cover which changes we think will last into the future - specifically within the LBM and hardware industries.
There has been a lot of discussion in the news and among financial professionals about whether inflation is a real threat to our economy, or if the current price increases are just a short-term consequence of the economy restarting after more than a year of on-again, off-again lockdowns due to the pandemic. Therefore, we would like to provide you with a summary of how Stratus analyzes the price increase information we are hearing.
While the pandemic has drastically shifted the economy, finances, savings and spending habits, and our approach to financial planning, not all of it has been bad, and we continue to try to look on the bright side – and help our clients do the same.
Saturday, November 28th is a day for us all to remember how important independent businesses are to our communities. As a way of saying thank you to these business owners and their employees, here are a few thoughts on how all of us as consumers can help our neighbors by buying local, as well as how businesses can get the most out of Small Business Saturday.
History shows that our lives will be upended by large-scale events, but that does not mean that the post-event world has to be worse.