This Week’s Blog Is Written By Scott D. Heins, CFP®, IAG Chief Investment Officer
September 17, 2025

It is simply impossible to believe, but this week completes an entire decade of IAG’s weekly blogs.

This decade of writing started on September 16, 2015, as a brief weekly market update with a Quote of the Week and our Market Mood Meter® for a visual graphic.

Over the course of time, it has discussed a rather unique array of quixotic topics ranging from legislative updates to market reminders to financial planning to tax strategies and beyond.

We have discussed all of these in the context of sports seasons, frogs, candy, lawn mowing, weather, traveling, bicycle trips, holidays, and others I have definitely forgotten.

Our mission with these weekly mind meanderings is to keep you informed and well-grounded in long-term strategies. We know that you are constantly subjected to a barrage of unlimited distractions – from screaming headlines to social media to interesting suggestions from family and friends.

Thank you for taking the time to read, process, and occasionally offer your recommendations for improvement. It is very rewarding to know when our writings help you see something from a different perspective or positively impact your approach to financial stewardship.

For those that enjoy a blast from the past or are even willing to just be a bit nostalgic, here are five blogs that have stuck in my mind over ten years of writing:

8/29/18 Leopard Frogs

1/22/20 Buy Buy (written 1 month before COVID)

1/19/22 Magawa

8/17/22 Brake Check

8/30/23 Tunnel 3

Thank you again for your encouragement over the years. Here is to the next ten years!

Quote of the week: Morgan Housel: “Avoid disaster, be patient, and you don’t need many smart decisions to do well over time.”

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