Forefront‘s Market Update Good morning, Just as I did, we are all waking up this morning to the news that Russia has invaded the Ukraine, which has caused a further sell off in equities. We are seeing a large drop in treasury yields, while oil prices spike. Putting war and military invasions into context is...Read More

Forefront‘s Monday Market Update The stock market’s relationship with war For my entire career I have heard that investors and markets hate nothing more than uncertainty. I can’t think of a more uncertain situation than a military conflict or war, and market prognosticators are not going to waste a second before they get on TV...Read More

Forefront‘s Monday Market Update Advice of a grand father When my son, AJ, was born in 2013, one of the major goals of mine was to bring him to see my grandfather in Australia who was 98 years old at the time. AJ was born in August, and in November we boarded a plane, heading...Read More

Forefront’s Monday Market Update Being rich In 2018 my wife and I brought my son and daughter, then 5 and 4 yrs. old, to India with my brother and his family, as well as my parents. It brought back a wave of memories of my own trips to India as a child, and I wondered...Read More

Forefront‘s Monday Market Update Inflation, the economy, and recession. Simplified. The month of January comes to an end today, and for investors, January has been down right scary! We ended on a high note last week, but that doesn’t change the fact that major indexes are 10-15% lower than their November highs. Like I try...Read More

Forefront’s Monday Market Update So, who’s buying right now? The S&P500 is up about 740% since the March of 2009 bottom, making this the longest, and one of the most prosperous bull markets in history. This period of time will be taught about in our children’s college economics class. Since 2009 though, we have seen...Read More

Forefront’s Monday Market Update Disney World and Engineered Serendipity Well, the time has come ladies and gentlemen. The time that all parents inevitably face, a time of great sorrow for your wallet. It is time for me to take my children to Disney World. I have been dreading this trip, because the cost is pretty...Read More

Forefront’s Monday Market Update Top 4 questions for 2022 As many of us finish taking down our Holiday decorations, and begin our push through the short, but cold days of winter I can’t help but notice that I am being asked the same few questions by an awful lot of my clients, and prospective clients....Read More

Forefront’s Monday Market Update What did 2021 teach us? Every year between Christmas and New Years I go through an exercise of reflecting back on the previous 12 months and pulling lessons I have learned and putting them into a notebook. I look at this notebook daily and try and remind myself of all of...Read More

Forefront’s Monday Market Update HAPPY HOLIDAYS When you have an 8 and 7 year old, the holiday season brings with it the same love and joy as it does for everyone, along with an incredible feeling of panic. The feeling of shooting up in bed at 3AM in a panic because you forgot to move...Read More