Fliehman Financial

06/26/2026

Come stop by the new ‘Fliehman Financial’ Rockford office on the boardwalk. ☀️ 📈

07/11/2025

“Customs duties totaled about $27 billion for the month, up from $23 billion in May and a 301% gain from June 2024.”

Last month saw a surplus of a little more than $27 billion, following a $316 billion deficit in May.

05/14/2025

Netflix said Wednesday its cheaper, ad-supported tier now has 94 million monthly active users.

Netflix also touted the success of ads on its platform and said its cheapest tier reaches more 18- to 34-year-olds than any U.S. broadcast or cable network.

05/12/2025

What will happen to the stock market??

The U.S. and China on Monday agreed to suspend most tariffs on each other's goods in a move that shows a thawing of trade tensions.

05/03/2025

“People have emotions,” he added. “But you got to check them at the door when you invest.”

Buffett pointed out that there's been three occasions under his leadership where Berkshire Hathaway stock has declined 50%.

04/25/2025

“On Friday, Meta and Booz Allen Hamilton began deploying Meta’s open-source artificial intelligence model, Llama, in space.”

The tech stack includes Meta's Llama 3.2, powered by Hewlett Packard Enterprise's Spaceborne Computer-2 and Nvidia graphics processing units.

04/24/2025

“Amazon and Nvidia executives said they only see power demand rising due to artificial intelligence.”

Recession fears and the advent of China's DeepSeek have investors questioning whether U.S. tech companies will pullback on their data center plans.

04/16/2025

“OpenAI released its newest AI model that it said can understand uploaded images like whiteboards, sketches and diagrams, even if they’re low quality.”

OpenAI released its newest AI model and said it can understand uploaded images like whiteboards, sketches and diagrams, even if they're low quality.

04/09/2025

A startup backed by Amazon. Interesting!

Anthropic on Wednesday introduced Claude's Max plan, a new subscription tier for its viral chatbot and ChatGPT competitor.

04/08/2025

“Companies are facing a new threat: Job seekers who aren’t who they say they are, using AI tools to fabricate photo IDs, generate employment histories and provide answers during interviews.”

Companies have long faced external attacks from hackers. Now, thanks to generative AI, another threat has emerged: Employees who aren't who they say they are.