Yusuf Abugideiri, CFP, Author at Yeske Buie

Risky Business: When Bonds Act Like Stocks

Posted Jul. 08, 2021

Clients sometimes ask us why we don’t recommend carrying municipal bonds in their portfolios, often in response to learning about the tax advantages of owning them or perhaps after hearing about relatively higher yields in the municipal bond market. Before sharing our rationale, let’s first...

Topics: Economy and Investing

Inflation (yep, again) – An Investigation of Three Charts

Posted Jun. 10, 2021

Here we go again. Today, the Bureau of Labor Statistics released its reading on the inflation rate over the past 12 months. The Consumer Price Index (CPI) rose by 5% (4.7% expected), the largest increase since 2008. Core CPI, which accounts for the price increase...

Topics: Economy and Investing

‘Inflation is Coming! Inflation is Coming!’ How Yeske Buie has Positioned Clients’ Portfolios to be Protected

Posted May. 13, 2021

Well, as we said a month ago, everyone’s talking about it, and that’s certainly still true today: inflation is seemingly on everyone’s mind. Writing for the Wall Street Journal last week, James Mackintosh is one of many in the media ringing the inflation alarm bells...

Topics: Economy and Investing

Our Bubble Rebuttal

Posted Apr. 29, 2021

We thought this piece – “Wild Market Ride Lifts Everything from Lumber to Stocks to Bitcoin” - that ran in The Wall Street Journal did a nice job summarizing some of the perspectives investors have about current market conditions. We’ve highlighted some of the article’s...

Topics: Economy and Investing

The Elephant in the Economic Recovery Room

Posted Apr. 15, 2021

It. feels. like. everyone. is. talking. about. it. What is “it”, you might ask? Inflation, of course. As the world’s economies recover and the US economy continues its return to its pre-COVID form, policy-makers, investors and economists have set their eyes on inflation as one...

Topics: Economy and Investing

The Stock Market Doesn’t Care Who’s President

Posted Oct. 15, 2020

As you may have heard, there will be an election next month. And in every presidential election year, the same question comes up in our conversations with Clients: how will the outcome of the election affect my portfolio? As we’ve said in the past, while...

Topics: Economy and Investing

When Projections Align with Reality

Posted Oct. 01, 2020

At Yeske Buie, we think of ourselves as financial planners, not just asset managers. With that being said, the process of creating a Client’s financial plan requires us to build a strategy for their investments and to use assumptions about their portfolio’s performance when crafting...

Topics: Financial Planning

QUALIFIED CHARITABLE DISTRIBUTIONS – A Powerful Way to Give

Posted Sep. 21, 2020

Each year, many of our Clients share their charitable intentions with us and we work to ensure they’re able to express those intentions in such a way that they and the charity receive the maximum benefit. Examples of strategies we regularly employ include using Donor...

Topics: Financial Planning

Money Market Fund Focus

Posted Apr. 16, 2020

As part of our strategy in managing the cash holdings in our Clients’ portfolios, Yeske Buie employs a handful of Money Market Funds (MMFs), including: Schwab’s Value Advantage Money Fund (Investor Shares: SWVXX; Ultra Shares: SNAXX) This fund is bought and sold like the other...

Topics: Economy and Investing

Asset Protection

Posted Apr. 02, 2020

In turbulent times like these, our Clients often ask how we’re protecting their assets. In this piece, we’ll focus on the measures our strategic partner, Charles Schwab, takes to ensure our Clients’ accounts are safe. Schwab is one of the largest and best capitalized broker/dealers...

Topics: Economy and Investing, Financial Planning

Author: Yusuf Abugideiri, CFP