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Kelly Perkins: Sorry Folks, the Government’s Closed… and It’s a Nothing Burger

By CandysDirt.com Contributor / October 14, 2025 /

By Kelly PerkinsSpecial Contributor, Novēm Wealth So we have a government shutdown. While there is a lot of finger-pointing and angry rhetoric, it’s really not much to be worried about. The markets are not reflecting any concerns. Historically, markets don’t react to government shutdowns and, in fact, typically do quite well after they are resolved. Our…

Two Federal Home Loan Bank Execs Plead Guilty During Trial

By Bethany Erickson / July 24, 2019 /

On what would have been the sixth day of their trial on federal charges for conspiring to lie to the government-sponsored financial institution, two former Federal Home Loan Bank-Dallas executives reversed course and pleaded guilty to the charges. Terence Carlyle Smith, former FHLB – Dallas President, and Nancy B. Parker, former Chief Information Officer, both…