Emotional Investing: Part One

Prepared by the Hardee Investment Group and RBC Wealth Management At the Hardee Investment Group, we are firm believers that more often than not, emotions drive our investment decisions. We recently found an article that speaks to this, and we felt compelled to share it with you. The article’s author, Dr....

Daydream or Possibility?

Prepared by the Hardee Investment Group and RBC Wealth Management –  Since I was a teenager, I’ve heard about how much oil we import and the importance of the Middle East. Burned into my memory are the gasoline lines of the 1973-1975 era. I was attending college in Austin (hook ‘em!) and driving...

High Noon for Interest Rates

Prepared by the Hardee Investment Group and RBC Wealth Management It was just a few weeks ago when Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke said the Federal Reserve may start to “taper” their purchases of mortgages and Treasury Bonds. It was tantamount to yelling “FIRE!” in a movie theater. The entire...

The Changing Face of Oil and Politics

Prepared by the Hardee Investment Group and RBC Wealth Management –  From the 1930s through the 1960s, Texas was the Saudi Arabia of the world. Then, our oil production began to decline, talk of shortages appeared along with gasoline lines and OPEC dominated the scene from the 1970s to 2010. Then the...

Thyroid Disease – Can Gluten and Vitamin Deficiency Be to Blame?

By Dr. Peter Osborne Thyroid Disease and Dysfunction Classic signs of thyroid hormone deficiency include fatigue, memory loss, cold hands and feet, muscle and joint pain, depression, high cholesterol and constipation. Over the past several years, I have seen a large influx of patients that had been placed on...

Eve of Destruction

Prepared by the Hardee Investment Group and RBC Wealth Management –  A funny thing happened on the way to financial Armageddon. The stock market evidently took a wrong turn and didn’t fall off a cliff. When you look back, you scratch your head and ask yourself, “Why didn’t this happen?” 2012...

Spend, Save, Invest

Prepared by the Hardee Investment Group and RBC Wealth Management By now, you’ve probably been inundated with tax preparation commercials, and I’ll safely assume, like me, you’re sick of hearing them. Most of us have a trusted professional we rely on year-after-year to complete and submit these forms...

Will You be Able to Afford Care Tomorrow?

Prepared by the Hardee Investment Group and RBC Wealth Management –  Statistics have shown that people are living longer than they ever have. While this is generally viewed as a positive thing, longer lives can also mean many expensive years that need to be paid for late in someone’s life. Instead...

The Last Four Years

Prepared by the Hardee Investment Group and RBC Wealth Management –  No, this is not a political comment. This is about the word anxiety and how it’s affected investors. Ever since the bankruptcies of General Motors, AIG, Lehman Brothers and the major collapse of our banking system in 2009,...

New First Victoria Banking Center Now Open In Katy

First Victoria National Bank proudly opened their newest banking center in Katy on Friday, November 16, 2012. The banking center is located at 9610 Spring Green Boulevard. With the new location, First Victoria has expanded its presence in Katy with two banking centers to go along with two other nearby...

First Comes Love, Then Comes Finances

Provided by the Hardee Investment Group and RBC Wealth Management   Love is in the air. Pretty pink and red items adorn store shelves. Pop up tents in grocer parking lots appear full of roses, chocolates and stuffed teddy bears once again. ‘Tis the season for love. I’m fairly confident there will be...

Time to Focus

Presented by the Hardee Investment Group and RBC Wealth Management – The stream of bad news seems endless. The debt downgrade of the U.S., unemployment and home foreclosures, the election and now the fiscal cliff. Maybe we buy into it by listening to media outlets and think what they’re telling us is...