June 16, 2017
Many of the headlines in the news about brick and mortar retail suggest this method of spending is becoming extinct and that many consumers are using solely electronic means to purchase goods. Even a word as dramatic as “apocalypse” has been used to d...
June 2, 2017
Politics still impact financial markets in the short term, as shown by the Dow Industrial Average falling 373 points on May 17. On that day, former FBI Director Robert Mueller was appointed special counsel to investigate Russia’s attack on our 2016 elec...
May 17, 2017
Over the years I have met one-on-one with many college students, often the children or grandchildren of my investment management clients. I am proud that we work with multiple generations for several of our client families; we know and take care of grandp...
May 4, 2017
Scott Wittman, Chief Investment Officer at American Century Investments, is one of the investment professionals I like to follow. Recently, Scott articulated that at American Century, politics has no value as a variable for investment analysis; there are ...
April 4, 2017
In my 35 years as a Financial Advisor, I have never seen a U.S. President capture so much attention from the financial markets, and from almost everywhere else. The New York Times ran an article this month estimating that Donald Trump has received more at...
March 28, 2017
A 2016 Survey by GOBankingRates found that 56% of Americans have less than $10,000 saved for retirement. Scary stuff. Scarier still is that two-thirds of the women surveyed said they had no savings or less than $10,000 in retirement savings, compared with...
Politics still impact financial markets in the short term, as shown by the Dow Industrial Average fa...
A discussion of the Trump administration’s actions and policies that are relevant to investors and
A caption to a Wall Street Journal article from November 2016 read, “Home prices set a record in S...
More Than $82 Million Awarded for Arts Projects Nationwide Includes $13,000 awarded to Piedmont East Bay Children’s Choir Oakland, CA — National Endowment for the Arts Chairman Jane Chu has approved more than $82 million to fund local arts projects across the country in the NEA’s second major funding announcement for fiscal year 2017. Included […]
