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Recession Signals that are Flashing Red

“There are decades when nothing happens, and weeks when decades happen.” – Uday Kotak, founder of Kotak Mahindra Bank The gap between how people are feeling about the economy and what’s happening is bigger than the Grand Canyon. The soft...
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Nik Schuurmans, CFA

Tariff Gamesmanship?

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Tariff Gamesmanship?

On March 1, 2018 President Trump unexpectedly announced tariffs on imported steel and aluminum.  The threat of a global trade war sent the S&P 500…
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Gems from Buffett’s 2017 Letter

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Gems from Buffett’s 2017 Letter

“There are three ways to go broke: “ladies, liquor and leverage”– Warren Buffett, quoting Charlie Munger during a recent CNBC interview. Warren Buffett recently penned…
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Back to Normal

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Back to Normal

“If you believe markets are mean-reverting, higher returns and lower volatility today may equal the opposite in the future.  We will enjoy the quiet while…
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International Developed: What Do You Own?

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International Developed: What Do You Own?

“Gold jacket, green jacket…who gives a $%&!”– Happy Gilmore We have heard them called foreign equities, global markets, international developed, emerging markets, frontier markets, BRIC…
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Warm & Fuzzy Financial Services Ads

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Warm & Fuzzy Financial Services Ads

I watch quite a bit of golf in my spare time.  PGA Tour, Champions Tour, Korn Ferry, LPGA, it doesn’t matter. Watching top pros compete…
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What’s Attractive in this Environment?

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What’s Attractive in this Environment?

Looking back at 2017, the resounding theme from our clients has been disbelief around the perplexing nature of the runaway U.S. equity markets.  However, most are quite…
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Over-Diversification

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Over-Diversification

“Your portfolio is a bowl of soup of random investments, seemingly cobbled together over time.” Meb Faber, Cambria Investments We review outside investment statements quite…
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Why Clients Fire their Advisor

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Why Clients Fire their Advisor

Change is hard.  Humans like patterns, routines, and familiarity.  This is especially true when dealing with sensitive issues like financial affairs.  We rely on people…
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What Happens After a +25% Year?

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What Happens After a +25% Year?

I have an evening routine of perusing Twitter for market research nuggets.  I email myself interesting articles to read the following morning.  I’m not looking…
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