{"id":612,"date":"2020-01-23T18:54:30","date_gmt":"2020-01-23T22:54:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.stewardshipworks.org\/blog\/?p=612"},"modified":"2020-01-23T18:54:30","modified_gmt":"2020-01-23T22:54:30","slug":"a-bird-in-hand","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.stewardshipworks.org\/blog\/?p=612","title":{"rendered":"A Bird in Hand"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>There\u2019s a saying that \u201ca bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.\u201d Generally, this means that we prefer a \u201csure thing\u201d over uncertainty. In investing, there\u2019s a theory called \u201cbird in hand\u201d that says investors prefer stock dividends over potential capital gains because capital gains are not a sure thing. The \u201cbird in the hand\u201d theory came from the argument that investors don\u2019t care where their returns come from, they simply care that they are either <strong>high<\/strong> or <strong>safe<\/strong> returns.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"722\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/www.stewardshipworks.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/bird-in-hand.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-613\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.stewardshipworks.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/bird-in-hand.jpg 722w, https:\/\/www.stewardshipworks.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/bird-in-hand-300x199.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 722px) 100vw, 722px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Everyone with money to invest wants the safest yet highest possible returns. This is simply smart investing. What makes the Stewardship Foundation different is that the \u201cbird in the hand\u201d \u2014safe financial investments \u2014 has an added component. We add the importance of appreciating the blessings of life through financial stewardship and charitable giving.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We believe that this guiding force gives us and our clients a vision and purpose beyond the money. We offer advice that helps you grow in faith and keeps you accountable to biblical principles. The payoff goes beyond certainty of financial gain and security. It adds contentment, confidence and commitment to the greater good, and increases our wealth for the good of all.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There\u2019s a saying that \u201ca bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.\u201d Generally, this means that we prefer a \u201csure thing\u201d over uncertainty. In investing, there\u2019s a theory called \u201cbird in hand\u201d that says investors prefer stock dividends over potential capital gains because capital gains are not a sure thing. The \u201cbird [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[44],"tags":[228,227],"class_list":["post-612","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-moral-values","tag-investing-along-biblical-principles","tag-safe-investing"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stewardshipworks.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/612","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stewardshipworks.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stewardshipworks.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stewardshipworks.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stewardshipworks.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=612"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.stewardshipworks.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/612\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":614,"href":"https:\/\/www.stewardshipworks.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/612\/revisions\/614"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stewardshipworks.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=612"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stewardshipworks.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=612"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stewardshipworks.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=612"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}