

Under the Hood of the S&P 500
Dear Clients and Friends, A few weeks ago, we briefly wrote about the stock market’s seemingly irrational recovery and explored some of...

Matthew Ramer
Aug 13, 2020


July Market Risk Update
Dear Clients & Friends, This week, we have an economic risk update courtesy of our good friends Brad McMillan and Sam Millette. Before we...

Matthew Ramer
Aug 1, 2020


We're Back! Coronavirus Update #9
Dear Clients and Friends, We’re back!! It’s time to jump back into our weekend readings after taking a few weeks off during tax season....

Matthew Ramer
Jul 23, 2020


Covid-19 and Roth IRA Conversions
Dear Clients and Friends, I want to begin this weekend’s reading by addressing the very real human impact that this pandemic is having on...

Daniel Levinson
May 28, 2020


The CARES Act 2020 RMD Waiver: What You Need to Know
Dear Clients and Friends, The Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (CARES Act), signed into law on March 27, 2020, includes...

Amy Killeen
May 21, 2020


Coronavirus Investment Update #7
Dear Clients & Friends, We, along with many other respected financial professionals, are bewildered by the market’s recent strength....

Matthew Ramer
Apr 11, 2020


Coronavirus Update #5
Dear Clients & Friends, At this point, we don’t have a lot of current news that you don’t already know. However, we’ve been reviewing...

Matthew Ramer
Mar 15, 2020


Coronavirus Update #4
Dear & Clients & Friends It was a wild day on Wall Street. Today’s hysteria seems to be related not only to the Coronavirus, but to the...

Matthew Ramer
Mar 8, 2020


Coronavirus Update #3
Dear Clients & Friends, On Monday we sold the position we entered into on Friday. Between Friday’s low when we bought in and the high of...

Matthew Ramer
Mar 4, 2020


A Positive Turn or Trouble in Disguise
Dear Clients and Friends, I am pleased, though hesitant, to report that the economy has gotten a little bit better. It’s a convoluted...

Matthew Ramer
Feb 21, 2020


The Secure Act
Dear Clients and Friends, In late December, several long overdue changes to the governance of IRAs were signed into law. The “SECURE Act”...

Daniel Levinson
Feb 14, 2020


Coronavirus vs. The Markets
Dear Clients & Friends, It seems like all we talk about is China and the Trump impeachment trials these days. As if we haven’t heard...

Matthew Ramer
Jan 31, 2020


Key Numbers 2020
Over the next two weeks, we will be preparing our 2020 investment market outlook. But for this week, as we do each year, we have compiled a

Matthew Ramer
Jan 10, 2020


December Market Risk Update
Dear Clients & Friends, It’s time for our monthly risk update. Not much has changed since last month, except that the President wants to...

Matthew Ramer
Dec 13, 2019


Ever Heard of FOMO?
Ever heard of FOMO? “Fear of missing out.” Because we think mutual fund managers are suffering from that ailment at this very moment!!...

Matthew Ramer
Nov 17, 2019


November 2019 Market Risk Update
Dear Clients & Friends, It’s time for our monthly market risk update written by our good friend Brad McMillan. I also want to give a...

Matthew Ramer
Nov 9, 2019


529 vs. UTMA
Dear Clients and Friends, As the fall weather sets in, leaves begin to turn, and pumpkins and ghosts begin popping up everywhere, we...

Daniel Levinson
Oct 25, 2019


August 2019 Market Risk Update
Dear Clients & Friends, It’s that time of month for Market Risk Update from our good friend Brad McMillan. My intro this week will be...

Matthew Ramer
Aug 30, 2019


Yield Curve
Dear Clients & Friends, There has been a lot of talk recently about “the yield curve” and, more specifically, an “inverted” yield curve. ...

Matthew Ramer
Aug 19, 2019


July 2019 Market Risk Update
Dear Clients & Friends, It’s the time of the month for monthly risk update for which we turn to our good friend Brad McMillan. Once per...

Matthew Ramer
Jul 18, 2019
