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Markets Reward Discipline

“The investor with a portfolio of sound stocks should expect their prices to fluctuate and should neither be concerned by sizable declines nor become excited by sizable advances. He should always remember that market quotations are there for his convenience, either to be taken advantage of or to be ignored.

Holiday Hours

The holiday season is upon us! As always, it’s sure to be a busy time and making sure you’re all set with your holiday banking needs is our number one priority. You never know when you might need to get to the Bank to pick up Christmas money! Below you can find our holiday hours.

Shaquille O’Neal

Financial Genius

Financial planners have a long-held, simple rule about saving for a comfortable retirement: put away 10% of our before-tax income and invest that money for the long-term futures. I think the 10% rule is outdated and anyone who follows it won’t have the comfortable retirement they want.

#FNBGiveFirst 2018

Making Spirits Bright with $10,000 of Holiday Cheer

It’s that time of year again! Help give your favorite non-profit the chance to win some cash this holiday season! For the 6th year in a row, we are giving away $2,500 to four local non-profits; that’s a total of $10,000! Voting is open to everyone and anyone, beginning Nov. 6! Watch our kick-off video to learn more about #FNBGiveFirst. What is #FNBGiveFirst?

Why Hey! Sioux Falls

A few weeks ago, we were honored to be part of the Hey! Sioux Falls! Awards at the Orpheum. As sponsors, we felt that supporting the best in our city’s entrepreneurship mattered, and as participants in the entrepreneurial community, we knew this event meant helping our own. “We recognize the hustle and hard work it takes to start and operate a business.

Choosing Index Funds

Why Don’t I Just Buy An Index Fund? This question, almost unheard of even a few years ago, has now become commonplace. My answer, however, is always the same: which one?! Believe it or not, there are now more than 2,000 index funds from which to choose! But buyer beware…these funds are not all created equal.

Forming Trusted Relationships with Small Business Leaders

When leaders at The First National Bank in Sioux Falls saw these numbers, “we couldn’t have been happier,” senior vice president and business banking manager Jeremy Keckler said. Thirteen loans totaling more than $2.4 million in SBA 7A lending in fiscal 2017 made the bank the leading SBA 7A lender among local community banks. The SBA 7A loan program (https://www.sba.gov/blogs/sbas-7a-loan-program-explained)

Backing Bioscience Growth

In an environment where a bank president can bump into a biomedical engineering student, here is what can happen. “His eyes lit up,” said Chris Ekstrum, president of The First National Bank in Sioux Falls, recalling that chance meeting last year with USD graduate student Eric Sandhurst.

EMV Chip Cards

EMV chip technology has emerged in the last few years in our payment system and is designed to combat fraud and, most importantly, protect sensitive information. Over the course of the next several months, we will be transitioning all of our debit card customers from the traditional magnetic strip cards to EMV chip cards.

Positions

Profits Are Optional

Investing is a discipline of choices, so let’s start off this edition of Positions with a choice between two hypothetical mutual funds. Both funds are low cost and diversified among many different companies. However, Fund A exclusively buys companies that earn higher profits and have lower valuations (i.e. cheap on a price-to-book value basis) relative to the broader market.
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