Keeping Up with the Joneses
The phrase “keeping up with the Joneses” is frequently used to describe the phenomenon of conspicuous consumption by those who are concerned about their relative social standing and prestige. This psychological phenomenon can cause people to excessively expand their...
A Guide to Virtual Financial Advising and Robo-Advisors
What You Need to Know About Virtual Financial Advising and Robo-Advisors The COVID-19 pandemic led wealth management advisors to get creative. Lockdowns and stay-at-home orders forced many to look at ways to continue engaging and counseling their clients without being...
The Butterfly Effect: Today’s Supply Chain Shortages
“It fell to the floor, an exquisite thing, a small thing, that could upset balances and knock down a line of small dominoes and then big dominoes and then gigantic dominoes, all down the years across time…It couldn’t change things. Killing one butterfly couldn’t be...
The SECURE Act Part 2: Inherited IRAs
If you are the owner or the recent inheritor of a large IRA, the SECURE Act is likely to have a material impact on you and/or your heirs. The SECURE Act made significant changes to the way heirs are required to withdraw funds from these accounts, which will likely...
Is The Current Inflation Going To Be Transitory Or Persistent?
“Most of the recent rise in inflation appears likely to be transitory, and FOMC [Federal Open Market Committee] participants expected inflation to subside in coming quarters to rates at or below the level of two percent or a bit less.” ─ Ben Bernanke, former...
Your Guide to Saving by Age
“Are we doing enough?” That’s the question we field most often about retirement investing — regardless of someone’s age or stage of life. The short answer is: It depends. Retirement needs and circumstances evolve throughout the years and can change instantaneously,...
Investing with Your Values
While a company’s financial performance is obviously a major factor in determining its attractiveness as an investment, a growing number of investors are incorporating other, non-financial factors into their investment decision-making. Many investors are now examining...
The Guns and Butter Era Redux
“Viewed in the abstract, the Federal Reserve System had the power to abort the inflation at its incipient stage fifteen years ago or at any later point, and it has the power to end it today. At any time within that period, it could have restricted the money supply and...
