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From the year 2000 to 2020, inflation in the United States as measured by the Consumer Price Index (CPI) averaged well under 3%. And about 3% inflation has been pretty much the average since 1950. Nothing is forever, though, thanks to the seemingly unlimited printing press known as The Federal Reserve. As a result, inflation […]

The Orange County Register’s annual Best of Orange County readers’ choice poll celebrates the area’s most popular attractions, restaurants, and other businesses. TABR Capital Management was one of three wealth advisers listed in the Register’s Best of Orange County 2022 feature – Wealth Adviser Category. To view the entire article, please click on this link.

In this episode of the Retirement Revealed Podcast, Jeremy Keil interviews Steve Medland to discuss his book, Spiraling Up: Discover Financial Serenity, Make Work Optional, and Live Happily in Retirement. The episode focuses on guiding you to financial serenity in retirement with Steve’s 7 principles. Steve discusses: Making work optional His work in investment management […]

Stocks staged a fairly impressive rally off of their mid-June lows, with the S&P 500 gaining over 17% in two months, and the NDX 100 (aka the QQQ) up nearly 23%. This had given hope from the bulls that the worst was over, and perhaps inflation was peaking. But in mid-August, virtually all major indexes […]

TABR Capital Management has been named in Financial Advisor Magazine’s Top RIA Survey 2022. The publication is a monthly financial services magazine that delivers market information for financial advisors. TABR manages approximately $170 million for over 200 clients nationwide. Read the entire article.

On the morning of January 12, 2022, I took a quick look at my checking account balance, as I do most days. Instead of seeing around $9,000 or $10,000 as I had expected, the balance staring back at me was $109.97. Huh?! There had to be some mistake. I looked at recent transactions and saw […]

Wharton professor Kent Smetters, who is also the former Deputy Assistant Secretary of the U.S. Department of the Treasury, interviewed Steve Medland on his show, Your Money. They discussed a range of financial planning topics and Steve’s book Spiraling Up: Discover Financial Serenity, Make Work Optional, and Live Happily in Retirement. The program was originally aired […]

This month’s headline is shameless plagiarism. When you read as much as I do, you get ideas from everywhere. In this case, it was a Fund Profile article in Barron’s on Rupal Bhansali, the portfolio manager for the Ariel International fund a couple of weeks ago. Bhansali successfully plays defense by first asking, before making […]

Steve Medland was published in California Business Journal, which writes and publishes insightful, in-depth, and captivating business articles on entrepreneurs, startups, and small businesses. In the article, Steve says: In October 2005, Lara and Roger Griffith bought a lottery ticket and won the equivalent of $3.6 million in today’s dollars. Roger worked as an information technology manager, […]

A little over two weeks ago, the S&P 500 closed at its lowest level of the year, at 3900, down over -18% from year-end. Other indexes, such as the S&P 600 (small caps), S&P 400 (mid caps), and the EFA (international), made higher lows that day, and the number of stocks making new lows diminished, […]