Are You Confused About Investment Costs?
What are your investments really costing you? If you’re not sure, you’re not alone. It’s not like you’re handed a menu of charges to choose from when it’s time to place your order. Even when [...]
Tax Planning – Controlling What We Can
Whether you’re saving, investing, spending, bequeathing, or receiving wealth, there’s scarcely a move you can make without considering how taxes might influence the outcome. But how do we plan when we cannot know? The particulars [...]
Finding Your Fiduciary Financial Advisor
In selecting or retaining a financial advisor, how do you know if you’re making a wise choice? This is a challenging subject, indeed. First, the stakes are high. The quality of your selection, or lack [...]
You, Your Retirement, and the SECURE Act
You may have missed the news – buried in a much bigger spending bill, and passed in the thick of the holiday season. But after months of nearly bringing it to the finish line, it’s [...]
What does asset allocation mean?
Asset allocation. It’s so ingrained in how we manage our clients’ investment portfolios, we talk about it all the time. But what is it? What are assets, and what happens when you allocate them? Asset [...]
The Yield Curve
The yield curve is flattening (or growing steeper)! … Yield curve spreads are widening (or narrowing)! … The yield curve has inverted (or normalized)! Headline-grabbing yield curve commentary somehow sounds important, doesn’t it? But what [...]