In the May 2013 issue of Investment Advisor Magazine, columnist Bob Clark asks the question: Do we really need another book about financial planning? Bob is asking the question in response to the release of the CFP Board’s Financial Planning Competency Handbook, published by John…
Investing With a Broken Compass: the Broken Analogy While sitting amid the scattered pages of the Sunday paper the other day, leafing through the magazine section, we came upon a full page ad placed by BNY Mellon Wealth Management that offered the following opinion: The…
Last Call: Tax Day is Next Monday, April 15th While we normally take care of all of our clients’ account servicing needs, including IRA and retirement account contributions, end of business today (5:00 pm ET for the Vienna office and 5:00 pm PT for the…
Kelly Greene of The Wall Street Journal wrote an entertaining piece on the money lessons to be found in the popular show, “Downton Abbey”. The show has drawn a lot of interest in the U.S. with 8.2 million viewers tuning in for the Feb. 17…
We received this video from Brock Phillips in response to our post “The Great Misinformation: Why David Stockman is Wrong,” in which we refute Stockman’s pessimistic, dystopian view of America and its prospects. Here was Brock’s message: I enjoyed your e-mail about David Stockman’s article and…
In his 2004 book, The Wisdom of Crowds, James Surowiecki explored the many situations in which the collective wisdom of a group will surpass that of its smartest individual members. Surowiecki opens with an example reported by statistician and polymath Sir Francis Galton in 1906. Galton…
In this edition of the Digest, we discuss the implications of record stock market highs, the symbology of the four-leaf clover, tax reminders, our Vienna Retreat/Open House, and the start of March Madness. Rocky Mountain High – Have Markets Entered Nosebleed Territory? The eponymous John…
The eponymous John Denver song of our title came to us today as we completed the final day of our semi-annual staff retreat, which was faciliated by our Rocky Mountain friend David Brand on the same day that the S&P 500 stock index attained a new…
Herein a few updates to yesterday’s Digest. Sequester Postscript After dominating the headlines in recent weeks and months, the sequester is here. President Obama signed the order last night to impose $85 billion in cuts to domestic and military programs after a last minute meeting with Congressional…
We just came across a Journal of Financial Planning article written by Bonnie Hughes and it contained extended quotes from Elissa and Dave in response to the question: What do you think is the right thing to be doing for your practice and your clients?…