Month

September 2020
By Jeff Deiss From an investment perspective, concentration in a single stock is associated with the potential for massive gains.  A large stock position acquired through years of executive compensation, superior price appreciation or an inheritance can produce significant family wealth.  At the same time, that wealth may become dangerously concentrated, presenting considerable risks. The...
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by David Ruff With the arrival of Autumn, the U.S. Presidential election will increasingly take center stage as the candidates spell out their economic and foreign policy agendas. The outcome is important, not just for the U.S., but for foreign economies as well. Possibly even more consequential is another event happening in the world’s second largest...
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History never repeats itself. Man, always does – Voltaire Have you been at dinner lately with friends, and one of them is telling you about their foray into day trading, or simply just bragging about their investments? They are bound to tell you about their outsized gains and incredible winners, but when the check comes,...
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by John Bruggemann, CFP Many clients have a need for financing for various reasons- a large purchase such as a new automobile,  a real estate transaction or business needs, to name a few. What many clients do not realize is the ease in which a client can access cash using their taxable investment account as collateral....
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by Dr. Charles Lieberman Virtually everyone appreciates that Treasury bonds are close to all-time record low yields, but how should investors adapt to that fact?  Bonds still have a legitimate role to play in any portfolio, but it is appropriate for every investor to revisit their allocation to bonds. Professor Jeremy Siegel of Penn’s Wharton School...
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A 17-Year-Old Asked Me About Trading Options The title isn’t a hypothetical folks, it happened last week! My kids are typical, they ride their bikes up and down my street, trying to actively take years off of mine and Christina’s lives with their lack of discretion towards danger. Alas, we call in reinforcements from time...
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by Kevin Kern After 5 months of home confinement, dozens of ZOOM meetings and rearranging the furniture my wife Sheila decided we needed to get out of the house.  Before I knew enough to protest, we were on a plane to “Big Sky” country and Yellowstone National Park.  Normally I would have jumped at this idea...
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Our founder, Amit Chopra, was recently featured in Yahoo News’s article “Most Americans didn’t tamper with their retirement savings even in pandemic, study finds”, commenting on the concentration of layoffs in the service sector. Read the article here >
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 Intelligence, Luck, or Discipline Investing isn’t a hard science, it’s a soft skill. The outcome is much more driven from how you behave, rather than how smart you are. Below is a transcript of a conversation I had this weekend with one of my best friends. Friend: I am up 16% this year, isn’t that...
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by Randall Coleman, CFA When I wrote this weekly commentary in July, Elon Musk had just overtaken Warren Buffet on the Bloomberg Billionaires Index. Well, what a difference six weeks can make. As of August 31, Elon had rocketed ahead of Warren, adding another $33 Billion to his nest egg. In that commentary, I posed...
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