Economy and Investing

What a year 2022 was in markets (one could say the same about 2021, or 2020, or…but we digress). Stocks around the world took a beating. As we look forward into 2023, we find no shortage of ink being spilt about the gloom we’ve survived...
Topics: Economy and Investing

As financial planners, managing client accounts and investments is a major component of the work that we do. We take on a number of responsibilities in this sphere, one of which is the process of rebalancing. The rebalancing process is the quintessential application of the...
Topics: Economy and Investing

Back in August of 2015 and again in April of 2019, we offered the Weekend Chart Challenge as a way to try to put the volatility we were experiencing into perspective. And here we are again. The last few years have been full of downs...
Topics: Economy and Investing

We’ve been talking about (and perhaps agonizing over) the same headlines all year, and what a year it’s been. As we head into the final quarter of 2022, we thought we’d spend a few minutes reflecting on how the third quarter unfolded. We share a...
Topics: Economy and Investing, Webinars and Videos

Wow - what a quarter for financial markets around the world. Before we dive into what we’ve been seeing in recent weeks, let’s rewind to the beginning of the summer.  Back in June, the Fed’s decision to raise interest rates more aggressively than anticipated (in...
Topics: Economy and Investing

It was only a few short weeks ago that we got together for our webinar on April 21st (Russia, Inflation, and Oil - Oh My!), and since then financial markets have had an ugly run. Through May 11th, both the S&P500 and the MSCI All...
Topics: Economy and Investing