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Ask the CFP®: What is the Team’s Approach to the Financial Planning Process?
Welcome to this month’s Ask the CFP® segment. We’ve been asked to describe our team’s approach to the financial planning…
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The Anatomy of a Bubble
Aoifinn Devitt, Chief Global Market Strategist Coming off of the usual post-Oscars drama, the real original screenplays kicked off mid-week…
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7 Steps to Exit Planning Success
All business owners eventually exit their businesses – by choice, death, or otherwise —no matter how successful, powerful, or high…
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Monthly Recap – February 2024
Monthly Observations Records Broken in February Strong economic data and earnings reports were supportive of a risk-on month with the…
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Ignorance Isn’t Bliss: Professional Business Valuations
Consider this scenario: A traveler wakes up in a foreign place with three things—the clothes on their back, a map…
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Winds from the East
Aoifinn Devitt, Chief Global Market Strategist Maybe it is because it is an election year, but we still have China…
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Ask the CFP®: Should I Buy Travel Insurance?
Planning a trip is exciting, inspiring…and nerve-wracking. As you compare options, piece together the details, make deposits, and purchase tickets,…
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All-Time Highs: Is it all Downhill from Here?
Chris Kamykowski, CFA, CFP® – Head of Investment Strategy and Research Early 2024 has seen all-time highs in the equity…
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The Nvisible Hand
Aoifinn Devitt, Chief Global Market Strategist Better than expected. It has been a bit of a mantra for the year…
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Advisor Kyle Luetters Featured in MoneyGeek – Experts’ Tips on Getting Life Insurance at 60
MoneyGeek recently featured Advisor Kyle Luetters in an article where he provides tips on getting life insurance at 60. Below is…
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Mixed Signals in the Last Mile
By Aoifinn Devitt, Chief Global Market Strategist “Yesterday is not ours to recover, but tomorrow is ours to win or…
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What’s Your Plan When Plans Change?
“The best-laid schemes of mice and men gang aft agley.” -Robert Burns What should you do if a plan you…
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January 2024 Recap
Download Recap PDF MONTHLY OBSERVATIONS Mixed Bag of Returns to Start 2024 On the positive side, U.S. economic data continued…
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A Thousand Cuts
By Aoifinn Devitt, Chief Global Investment Strategist While the jobs numbers last week led to euphoria in markets, this week…
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A Week of Pivots, and Green Shoots Persist
By Aoifinn Devitt, Chief Global Investment Strategist It has been a week filled with newsflow and our weekly update is…
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Where Do You Begin?
Planning for a successful future can seem overwhelming. Where do you start? How do you make time? Which questions should…
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Fourth Quarter: Down and Up We Go
By Aoifinn Devitt, CFP® – Chief Investment Officer After a bruising 2022, 2023 was the “comeback kid” of a year. But in…
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December 2023 Monthly Recap
Chris Kamykowski, CFA, CFP® – Head of Investment Strategy and Research Tim Side, CFA – Investment Strategist Download the PDF…
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Hiring a Professional President
As a business owner, is it a good idea to hire a “professional president” to keep various managers focused? Today,…
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Ask the CFP®: How Do You Shift from Wealth Accumulation to Retirement Spending?
Jan. 2024 Welcome to this month’s Ask the CFP® segment. Today, we’ll talk about making the shift from saving…
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An Assessment of Geopolitics and Changing World Order – Part 3
“The problem isn’t getting rich, it’s staying sane.” -Charlie Munger[1] The current environment is rife with uncertainty. Following two seismic…
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Don’t Armchair Quarterback your Exit
“How hard can planning my exit really be? I already made it valuable, so all I need to do is…
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An Assessment of Geopolitics and Changing World Order – Part 2
Tim Side, CFA® – Investment Strategist “From thirty years as a practicing historian, I have come to the conclusion that there is…
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An Assessment of Geopolitics and Changing World Order – Part 1
Tim Side, CFA® – Investment Strategist “Prediction is very difficult, especially if it’s about the future.” -Niels Bohr[1] The current environment is…