“ … but in this world nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes.” — Benjamin Franklin Most of us are not excited about the prospect of paying taxes every spring — but, perhaps in hopes of getting an unpleasant task out of the way…
Over the last year or so, there have been a flurry of big transactions in the financial services world. It seems like every time we turn around, some big Wall Street firms are buying one another, investment banks are buying client service companies, massive brokerage firms are “merging”, and so…
In this short series (see the Introduction), I lay out the four key categories of work that we do on behalf of our investment management clients — four kinds of activities that are difficult for folks without our training and experience to do for themselves. I hope that this series…
In this short series (see the Introduction), I lay out the four key categories of work that we do on behalf of our investment management clients — four kinds of activities that are difficult for folks without our training and experience to do for themselves. I hope that this series…
There are plenty of resources around the internet for people just beginning to look for financial planners and investment advisors — “Ten Questions to Ask a Financial Advisor”, for example, or “Seven Questions Every Advisor Should Be Able to Answer”, or many others. These are great resources, because if you’re…
Late in the day on Thursday, September 7, 2017, news reports began circulating of a data breach at Equifax, the credit data company. Apparently hackers found a security weakness on some of the web apps the Equifax had been using, and were able to steal at least some potentially compromising…
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…
While we can’t be certain whether the immediate financial-market reactions to his election will continue for the length of a Trump presidency, we think that some of the policies proposed by the incoming administration give even more reasons than ever to make sure that your investments are aligned with your…
One of the questions we hear most often, especially from other investment advisors, is The Performance Question: How can you recommend a “Sustainable, Responsible, Impact” investment portfolio to your clients, when they under-perform regular market indexes? The question seems to be based on one of two underlying assumptions. The first…
As much as we might all like to put it off further, it’s getting to be time to pull together our various documents and prepare our tax returns for 2015. You probably already have a fair number of forms — student loan and mortgage loan interest statements were generally made…
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