But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness and all these things will be provided for you Matthew This verse calls us to put God s Kingdom first in every aspect of our lives including our investments trusting that He will provide and use our efforts to advance His purposes Today Will Lofland joins us to share how that s happening right now Will Loftland is the Managing Director of Investments Distribution at GuideStone Funds an underwriter of Faith Finance He also oversees GuideStone s shareholder advocacy strategy and represents the firm as a participant in the Interfaith [... more]

Bonds are considered safe investments but also a bit boring Is that true though In the investing world all the drama for good or ill is in the stock market It s up it s down you get the picture However bonds also have an interesting story and Benjamin Bailey is here to tell us about it Benjamin Bailey is Vice President of Investments and Senior Fixed Income Manager at Praxis Mutual Funds an underwriter of Faith Finance Introduction to Bonds and StocksBonds play a unique role in building a well-rounded investment portfolio compared to stocks Stocks represent ownership in [... more]

Mark Biller is executive editor at Sound Mind Investing WHAT'S THE CURRENT STATE OF BOND INVESTING AND HOW HAVE RECENT EVENTS IMPACTED IT Bond investing has been challenging lately especially after a long period of historically low interest rates Recently there's been a significant shift with the -year treasury bond yield rising from under in to over This has led to losses in long-term bond funds comparable to the worst stock market declines showing it's a tough time for bond investors There's been a drastic shift in the bond market with major losses in long-term bond funds The rise in [... more]

A -acre waterfront property in Southport set aside for a state-run megaport remains vacant and the N C State Ports Authority has no plans to develop or sell it The property's most recent tax appraisal also shows the land is worth half its original purchase price Rick Henderson Carolina Journal editor-in-chief details the latest news surrounding this government project that has gone nowhere since the Ports Authority purchase the property in News media outlets have enjoyed longstanding exemptions from federal and state campaign finance restrictions It makes sense to extend those exemptions to nonprofit social and civic groups that also [... more]