Click here to download a PRINT VERSION of this article. After a volatile end to 2018, interest rates continued their move lower in the first quarter driven by a dramatic […]
How I Stopped Worrying About Uncertainty and Learned To Trust the Numbers
Back in 1946, a nuclear physicist working at the Los Alamos National Laboratory, Stanislaw Ulam, was convalescing from an illness. Unable to binge Netflix (as I do when recovering under […]
What Does the Recent US Stock Market Action Mean for 2019?
The old saying “stock prices follow earnings” was not in effect during 2018. The S&P 500 delivered outstanding earnings growth of 22% during the year. However, this impressive earnings growth […]
Sell the News – The US Dollar and Multi-Asset Class Investing
A market saying is to “sell the news”, implying that by the time news is released, it is already priced into an asset’s price. Exhibit A: On January 24, 2018, […]
Universal Life Insurance in a Low Rate Environment
A few years ago, a new client asked me to review a “universal” life insurance policy that she bought in the early 1990’s. The insurance company had recently increased her […]
Credit Markets Showing Great Uncertainty
Bond markets in the fourth quarter experienced a significant amount of volatility as investors attempted to gauge the extent of further Federal Reserve tightening and the likelihood of an economic […]
Hidden Fees
The purpose of this whitepaper is to shed light on some of these hidden investment fees, demonstrate the effect these fees have on investor returns, and offer solutions to help […]










