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.
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…
Valeria Cera is an ambitious young professional starting her career with Horizons. A native of Santa Fe, NM, Valeria graduated from Loyola Marymount University in 2024 with a Bachelor’s degree in Economics and a minor in Business Administration, focusing on Finance. Throughout her college career, Val dedicated herself to building…
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…
Whenever markets move far enough & fast enough to draw the attention of the non-financial press, investment advisors start to get a few more phone calls than usual. The US markets (stocks and bonds both, unusually enough) have been acting very strange lately — these “up 3%, down 4%” swings…
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…
Current Market Conditions and Short-Term Expectations: Whenever the major US stock indexes reach new highs, or tumble unexpectedly, we hear from a few of our clients with worries about the near future. The S&P 500 (a broad index representing the largest US-based companies) hit new all-time highs in late…
It’s hard to avoid hearing the rumbling sound coming from Wall Street over the last couple of weeks. Even news outlets that don’t normally mention market news have spent at least a few minutes on the wild ups and downs – okay, mostly downs – of the major indexes. And…
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