Over the weekend and early on Monday, we received a flurry of messages from our clients – “What’s happening? Should we do something?” Briefly: While we certainly recognize and understand the concerns about what’s going on, we think it wise to exercise caution with respect to our clients’ portfolios right now.
While there is abundant cause for concern in the current political and social situation, our approach has always been to look beyond the current circumstances, and to construct prudent portfolios that can survive most short-term stresses. Briefly, we believe that Trump’s cruel chaos does not create a need to make big changes to your investments at this time.
After a week, it’s really beginning to sink in: Donald Trump has won a second term as President of the United States. Although public polling had been tight for quite some time, the clarity of the result this time caught many of us by surprise. Financial Planning Magazine polled “wealth…
This debt ceiling nonsense appears to be a manufactured crisis, which could and probably will be resolved pretty easily, and the best approach for all of us is to remain invested in our long-term portfolios.
Going “all-in” on the transition to a renewable energy economy now is the key to a secure, stable, and environmentally sustainable future.
Our friend Sonia Kowal, President of Zevin Asset Management, recently posted this statement on the crisis that’s unfolding in Ukraine. We have been trying to write something to express our dismay and heartbreak — but Sonia’s words here capture our thoughts exceedingly well. Thank you, Sonia, for allowing us to…

A few of our clients here in Santa Fe read an article in today’s local paper by Doug Lynam, a partner at LongView Asset Management here in town. The article is headlined “Fight the power, save the planet”, which doesn’t sound particularly scary – but one of our clients asked…
Last week we saw our Commander In Chief, Trump, unilaterally decide that Transgender individuals were no longer fit to serve in the military. Too expensive he said. Unequivocally untrue, but what isn’t that comes out of this administration these days? The backlash was immediate. The call from GLBTQ organizations was…

On Thursday, June 8th, the House of Representatives passed the “Financial CHOICE Act”. We believe that this is a remarkably bad bill, and hope that the Senate manages to prevent its adoption. Call your Senators today, and ask them to block any Senate version of this bill! Why are we…
Last week, just before heading off to Florida for the weekend, President Trump took a couple of executive actions designed to begin the process of cutting regulation on banks and Wall Street firms. Dodd-Frank The first of these orders, “On Core Principles for Regulating the United States Financial System”…