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  • Episode 23 - Basics of Financial Planning
    Amana Mutual Funds Trust, Halal Money Matters - September 2023

    Haitham Al-Sayed, Vice President of Investment Advisory Services at Saturna Captial, joins us to discuss the basics of financial planning.

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  • Episode 22: Your Charitable Dollar
    Halal Money Matters - July 2023

    Anwar Khan, co-founder and current president of Islamic Relief USA, tells us how he started the charity, talks about the mission of Islamic Relief USA, and takes a deep dive into the costs of delivering disaster aid worldwide.

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  • Q2 2023
    Amana Mutual Funds Trust, Quarterly Commentary - June 2023

    In our 2022 year-end commentary we noted the remarkably consistent track record of stock market gains in every year that followed a midterm election dating back to World War II. We also noted the rare instances of the US stock market declining over two consecutive years.

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  • Q2 2023
    Sextant Mutual Funds, Quarterly Commentary - June 2023

    History was setting up 2023 to be a good year and, reviewing the first half of 2023 performance, the track record appears likely to remain intact. Year-to-date, the S&P 500 Index rose a healthy 16.89%, while the more Tech-heavy NASDAQ Composite Index soared 32.32%.

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  • Q2 2023
    Saturna Sustainable Funds, Quarterly Commentary - June 2023

    Year-to-date, the S&P 500 Index rose a healthy 16.89%, while the more Tech-heavy NASDAQ Composite Index soared 32.32%. Such figures, however, belie a darker picture just below the surface, as index performance was driven by a handful of mostly mega-cap stocks: Alphabet, Amazon, Apple, Meta (Facebook), Microsoft, Netflix, Tesla, and Nvidia.

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