By Aoifinn Devitt CFP® – Chief Investment Officer Now that the debt ceiling storm has passed and pundits have moved on to breathless analysis of the growing Presidential primary field, there’s been time for regulators…
Aoifinn Devitt CFP® – Chief Investment Officer Charles O’Rourke, CFA – Fixed Income Analyst Money talks. For centuries, money and capital in general has been used as a lever to effect change, have influence and…
Chris Kamykowski, CFA®, CFP® – Head of Investment Strategy and Research Rich McDonald, MBA – Head of Portfolio Management and Fixed Income Back in January, we wrote about the extraordinary measures being undertaken by the…
Aoifinn Devitt – Chief Investment Officer It was a week that saw great pomp and fanfare across the Atlantic as the official coronation of King Charles III took place in the UK. On this side of…
Aoifinn Devitt – Chief Investment Officer Yesterday was May 1, also known as International Worker’s Day, which was a timely reminder to note the workers that have been shoring up the still-resilient economy and are continuing…
Aoifinn Devitt – Chief Investment Officer Although only early April, violent Spring storms have already worked their way across much of the Midwest, disrupting flights and wreaking havoc in small communities. In a similar fashion, the…
Kevin Ward – Advisor Einstein is often credited—perhaps apocryphally—with identifying compound interest as the world’s eighth wonder. Benjamin Franklin was also famous for his comments on the power of money compounding: “Money makes money. And the…
Kevin Ward – Advisor Life is full of unknowns—simultaneously a source of tremendous potential joy and anxiety. But with thoughtful planning, you can mitigate some of the unknowns—or at least better position yourself to handle surprises…
Kevin Ward – Advisor Life is full of unknowns—simultaneously a source of tremendous potential joy and anxiety. But with thoughtful planning, you can mitigate some of the unknowns—or at least better position yourself to handle surprises…
Kevin Ward – Advisor Life is full of unknowns—simultaneously a source of tremendous potential joy and anxiety. But with thoughtful planning, you can help mitigate some of the unknowns—or at least better position yourself to…
Kevin Ward, Advisor Life is full of unknowns—simultaneously a source of tremendous potential joy and anxiety. But with thoughtful planning, you can mitigate some of the unknowns—or at least better position yourself to handle surprises…
Kevin Ward, Advisor Life is full of unknowns—simultaneously a source of tremendous potential joy and anxiety. But with thoughtful planning, you can mitigate some of the unknowns—or at least better position yourself to handle surprises…
Kevin Ward, Advisor Private equity’s popularity has soared over the past couple of decades among institutional and qualified-high-net-worth investors—perhaps a response to mutual and exchange-traded funds’ massive rise in the 1980s and 1990s. But popularity…
Kevin Ward, Advisor Real estate markets—particularly metropolitan markets like Chicago—can be challenging to navigate for home buyers (and sellers, for that matter—a topic for another day). Home prices in popular metro markets may only seem…
Kevin Ward, Advisor For many, retirement increasingly represents a meaningful share of our lives—the benefit, partly, of the miracles of modern medicine which have extended our lifespans. But without a daily job to go to,…
Kevin Ward, Advisor As life expectancies have extended and as wealth in many developed countries has grown exponentially over the last century-plus, retirement not only has increasingly become a reality for many, but it also…
Kevin Ward, Advisor Retirement is a sprawling topic. The word alone can raise questions, emotions, and concerns—about how exactly your future will look, what life will entail as the day-to-day changes, how the financial situation…
Deciding when and how to sell a business are two of the most important decisions business owners make. Below is a list of items that are critical to take into consideration in the process. While…
With a bear market comes opportunities for investors. Watch Advisor Mike Vredenburgh discuss how investors can leverage tax loss harvesting and Roth conversions to insulate their portfolios from taxes on future gains when the market…
With a bear market comes opportunities for investors. Watch Advisor Mike Vredenburgh discuss how investors can leverage tax loss harvesting and Roth conversions to insulate their portfolios from taxes on future gains when the market…
Please enjoy as Dave discusses a few recent breakthroughs that give him hope and excitement about the future. Kevin’s “Ask the Professional” answers the question, “What can the Breckenridge Team do for you?” And…
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Something to Look Forward To… Tasha Borglum, Advisor A client once told me that she largely credits one thing to keeping her energized in tough times and even just in the daily grind that can…
How to Choose a Financial Advisor When I was reading my news feed on my phone the other day, a story popped up with the headline, “How to Choose a Financial Advisor.” This reminded me…