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Estate Planning: Streamlining the Transition

2025-04-17T14:36:11+00:00

Planning the transition of your assets isn’t just about maximizing the amount passed on and simplifying the handover—it’s really about ensuring that the help, love and wisdom you provide for your people now can continue even after you are gone. A thoughtful plan can look ahead and smooth obstacles in the same way you would [...]

Estate Planning: Streamlining the Transition2025-04-17T14:36:11+00:00

April Market Commentary

2025-04-09T21:45:08+00:00

A Shock to the System: Tariffs, Stagflation and Market Corrections March Recap and April Outlook The month started out on a positive note as CPI came in lower than expected, creating a brief respite from worries about the impact of tariffs. It was short-lived, as the result of the Federal Open Market Committee meeting at [...]

April Market Commentary2025-04-09T21:45:08+00:00

March Market Commentary Tariffs, Inflation, and Taxes: Where’s the Balance?

2025-03-13T20:18:46+00:00

February Recap and March Outlook The new administration’s priority of “reindustrializing the U.S.” is coming into focus as tariff announcements - even if softened or rescinded - indicated that this is a policy, not just a campaign plank. Throughout the month, the Department of Government Efficiency (“DOGE”) continued its mandate of shrinking government with a [...]

March Market Commentary Tariffs, Inflation, and Taxes: Where’s the Balance?2025-03-13T20:18:46+00:00

Planning for Potentially Higher Volatility in 2025

2025-02-27T21:26:03+00:00

Last year ended with a strong economy and positive stock and bond market returns. With inflation under 3% and GDP over 3%, the soft landing remained in place. While volatility was not a constant theme, 2024 saw some very dramatic single-day stock movements. As a new administration gets underway and campaign promises coalesce into an [...]

Planning for Potentially Higher Volatility in 20252025-02-27T21:26:03+00:00

February Market Commentary

2025-02-12T20:27:03+00:00

A New Administration Gets Down to Business January Recap and February Outlook January seemed to go on forever, as the country faced extreme weather and devasting wildfires. The  new administration got underway with a lot of sound and fury, particularly around tariffs, which had been a highlight – or a wild card – of the [...]

February Market Commentary2025-02-12T20:27:03+00:00

Is Your Portfolio Ready for 2025?

2025-01-17T17:41:26+00:00

A new presidential administration will be working towards a very different agenda, and it will play out against the backdrop of a changed inflation and interest rate environment. Everything has changed from where it was at this time last year, which may mean that the short-term positioning of your portfolio should be shifted to be [...]

Is Your Portfolio Ready for 2025?2025-01-17T17:41:26+00:00

December Market Commentary: A New Regime Comes Into Focus

2024-12-10T18:57:08+00:00

November Recap and December Outlook The transition to a new administration is underway with announcements of cabinet position nominees. The pro-business lean of the incoming government is not a surprise, and the emphasis is likely to be on deregulation and tax cuts. Several of the provisions of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 [...]

December Market Commentary: A New Regime Comes Into Focus2024-12-10T18:57:08+00:00

Is Your 401(k) Savings On Track?

2024-12-13T17:55:12+00:00

Saving for retirement should be part of every stage of your work life, from your first job to your last years before retirement. A 401(k) or other similar employer-sponsored, tax-advantaged retirement savings vehicle is, for many people, the core piece of their retirement nest egg. The sooner you start, the better; however, as you move [...]

Is Your 401(k) Savings On Track?2024-12-13T17:55:12+00:00

November Market Commentary: A Historic Election Removes Some Uncertainty

2024-12-13T17:51:02+00:00

October Recap and November Outlook   An election season with several twists and turns came to a not-unexpected end with the reelection of President Donald Trump. The received wisdom is that the financial markets hate uncertainty, and we certainly saw some evidence of that in the rally that followed the decisive election results. How will [...]

November Market Commentary: A Historic Election Removes Some Uncertainty2024-12-13T17:51:02+00:00

Social Security and Taxes: Changes for 2025

2024-12-13T17:44:06+00:00

Social security benefits are linked to inflation, and with inflation largely under control, the large cost-of-living (COLA) increases of the last several years are now a thing of the past. This year’s increase was much smaller, and there are several other changes retirees need to think about as well. While even a small amount of [...]

Social Security and Taxes: Changes for 20252024-12-13T17:44:06+00:00

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