What makes you happy? As we wish you and yours a Happy Thanksgiving, we’d like to take a moment to reflect on this timeless question. You probably already realize that piles of possessions by themselves aren’t enough. But it may be less clear what does generate enduring happiness and how we, as your financial advsior, might […]
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Eastman Kodak was one of the worlds most admired companies in 1996. Although Kodak invented the digital camera, their market dominance in film blinded them to the disruptive technology that they had created. By 2012 Kodak had filed for bankruptcy and in that same year, a 2-year-old digital photography company called Instagram with 13 employees sold for $1 Billion.
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Today, around 30% of homes in the US are owned free and clear; 17 million of that 30% are people over age 60. In this post-era of the housing crash, home ownership has decreased to 63% from 69%. However, that news is not necessarily bad! We have greatly rebounded in real estate values and are on a more sustainable home ownership trajectory. The American Dream is alive and well!
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If you’ve taken our past advice about ignoring the onslaught of breaking market news, you probably didn’t read Russell Investments’ recent “2017 Global Market Outlook Q4 Update.” We’re not prone to pore over these relatively unremarkable analyses ourselves, but we do scan a representative sampling of them as part of our due diligence. That’s how we […]
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President Grover Cleveland signed Labor Day into law in 1894 in an effort to repair political damage suffered when he declared a strike by the American Railway Union,
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The term “Independent Financial Advisor” was originally used to describe advisors who work independently for their clients rather than representing an investment, insurance or banking company ….
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How many new ways are there for the same old market forecasters to twist a timeless truth: None of us has any idea what the markets will do next. Consider the following quote from a recent Wall Street Journal article entitled, “Global Stocks Post Strongest First Half in Years, Worrying Investors.” “The question for stock investors is […]
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By Daniel Wood |Investor’s ColumnJuly 3, 2017 Financial Advisors learning to embrace Artificial Intelligence Investopedia defines robo-advisers as digital platforms that provide automated, algorithm-driven financial planning services with little to no human supervision. A typical robo-adviser collects information from clients about their financial situation and future goals through an online survey, then uses the data to […]
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Generally speaking, my experience has been that successful investing is goal-focused and planning-driven, while most of the failed investing I’ve observed has been market-focused and performance-driven….
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If Q1 2017 had a theme song, it might be, “There’s a Kind of Hush All Over the World.” There was the usual stream of global news. To name a few highlights:U.K. Prime Minister Theresa May signed Article 50, officially starting the two-year clock ticking on a U.K. Brexit by March 29, 2019.The U.S. inaugurated President […]
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