Gen X insurance: how to put proper midlife protections in place

By |2022-04-07T11:54:27-07:00December 21st, 2020|Blog, Business Owners, Financial planning tips and perspectives, Insurance, Personal Wealth|

If you're a Gen X-er, it’s likely your life is starting to look very different than it did in your early years when you were just beginning your career and starting a family.  Now you’ve made significant headway in your career, earn a higher income, and have amassed significantly more wealth. Your children may [Read More]

History lesson: election impact on the stock market

By |2020-10-16T14:55:19-07:00October 15th, 2020|Blog, Investment Management, Personal Wealth, Staying the course|

We’ve written before about uncertainty and the market volatility that often accompanies it, and we have experienced more than our share of both in 2020.  We know that these conditions can be beneficial for long-term investors, though it’s often hard to see this over the short-term.  Now, with the upcoming presidential election, new concerns [Read More]

7 advisory lessons from Ironman triathlons to make your Wealth & Life success easier

By |2022-04-06T12:20:57-07:00September 30th, 2020|Blog, General thoughts, Lifestyle, Personal Wealth, Staying the course|

Life is an endurance event.  What if the right clarity, plan and support made impossible goals possible? State what you want and play to your strengths. If you are committed and coachable, the limits are few.  I’ve experienced this firsthand on my journey of training and qualifying for the 2020 Kona Ironman Triathlon Championships [Read More]

How tax policy may change with the election

By |2020-09-21T09:56:50-07:00September 17th, 2020|Blog, Business Owners, Financial planning tips and perspectives, In the news, Personal Wealth|

The upcoming presidential election brings with it much speculation about the tax policy and market implications of the outcome. We don’t recommend changing your plans based on educated guesses about how tax policy may change once the election is behind us.  However, it does make sense to consider how changes may affect your planning [Read More]

Should you hire your kids in your business?

By |2022-04-07T09:49:33-07:00August 10th, 2020|Blog, Business Owners, Personal Wealth|

You may be seeing a lot of your kids these days, and you may continue to as you navigate the hybrid solutions of “back-to-school” this year.  For many business owners during this pandemic, balancing the new family dynamics with unexpected business challenges has been difficult.  While not for every business, one solution to ease [Read More]

Suffering from Peak Busyness? It may be time for a new plan

By |2022-05-12T10:49:08-07:00July 8th, 2020|Lifestyle, Business Owners, Personal Wealth|

Do you self-diagnose as having “Peak Busyness?” A common condition among successful business owners and leaders, this midlife ailment can sneak up on you and cause havoc. While not an actual medical syndrome (yet!), its symptoms may keep you from enjoying the life you have built, so it might be helpful to take a [Read More]

Using debt to get your business through coronavirus

By |2020-07-25T06:32:36-07:00May 30th, 2020|Blog, Business Owners, Financial planning tips and perspectives, Personal Wealth|

The decision to take on debt is a significant one for any business in normal times.  For businesses severely affected by COVID-19 shutdowns, debt-use consideration takes on heightened importance.  If your business is able to borrow or had credit lines available to draw down, the question becomes how to best use those funds to shore [Read More]

The rationale for investment manager changes

By |2022-04-09T09:19:11-07:00May 21st, 2020|Blog, Fiduciary, Institutional, Investment Management, Personal Wealth|

Sometimes we have to change the investments we hold in our clients’ portfolios. We’ve talked about rebalancing and tax loss harvesting as ways to keep portfolios’ allocation in check and lower tax bills, but what happens when a specific investment manager of a mutual fund or other vehicles needs a change? How do we decide [Read More]

Drawing from experience to navigate uncertainty

By |2020-08-16T18:18:49-07:00April 22nd, 2020|Financial planning tips and perspectives, General thoughts, Personal Wealth, Quarterly thoughts|

Every quarter we send a letter to our clients to set context around recent market activity.  This quarter, we are posting our letter here since it offers some reminders about how our experience and contingency planning get us through difficult times that we feel may benefit everyone.  These past several weeks have reminded us [Read More]

Why Rebalancing your Portfolio in the Midst of Crisis is Essential for Long-term Success

By |2022-09-05T19:30:49-07:00April 9th, 2020|In the news, Blog, Investment Management, Investor behavior, Personal Wealth, Staying the course|

In the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, the term rebalancing now extends past investment portfolios as we all rebalance our lives around staying at home, creatively social distancing, and protecting our health. It is a rebalancing act that people did not anticipate; we're all learning lessons that will linger on once this crisis is [Read More]

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