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Research-based insights for investors
Would a Mild Recession be Mild for the Stock Market?
If there is a US recession in 2023 it would be the most anticipated ...
Covered Calls: A Good Year for a Bad Idea
In the past year, we’ve experienced a falling stock market with high volatility. For ...
From TINA to TIARA
For nearly a decade, the yield on fixed income instruments was so meager that ...
Is it Time to Re-Enter the Market?
Historically, the bottoms of equity bear markets have been terrific times to re-enter the ...
Three Percent is the New Four Percent
Retirees must estimate how much of their retirement savings may be spent each year without ...
Is it Ever Sensible to Invest in Cash?
Short-term cash investments are a safe choice for investors. But the safety comes at ...
Principal Protected Notes – Protect Yourself!
What if we told you that you can invest your money in the S&P 500 ...
Identifying and Managing Equity Downside Risk
On March 3, 2022, Ken Frier, the Chief Investment Officer of Atlas Capital Advisors, ...
Understanding Today’s Market Disconnects
Investors face a trade-off between expected return and the uncertainty of achieving that return. A ...
US Inflation: To Infinity and Beyond
Historically, a good way for a government to generate a financial crisis is to run ...
The S&P 5… and the S&P 495
The S&P 500 Index is up a little over 5% through the first three quarters ...
Just because it’s foreign doesn’t mean it’s riskier
Investors, as people, have a tendency to favor what they know. They are more comfortable, ...
Wire Fraud – Steps to protect yourself
Financial institutions (banks, credit card companies, title companies, brokerage firms, RIAs, etc) all take multiple ...
Donor Advised Fund: Easy, Efficient, Low cost
A Donor Advised Fund (DAF) is a charitable giving account offered by financial institution charitable ...
Opportunity Zone Investing: a Tax Planning Strategy
A provision within the 2017 Tax Cuts and Job Act (TCJA) created incentive to invest ...
Efficient Portfolio Hedging
More and more investors are growing concerned about current equity valuations and are wondering “should ...
Five Bond Investing Mistakes
Most investors have bought or sold a public common stock at one point in their ...
The Definitive Guide to Employee Option Exercise Strategy
Download this article as a PDF Congratulations! If you are reading this paper with more ...
Problems with Actively Managed Mutual Funds
The actively-managed mutual fund emerged on the investment scene in the 1940s as a way ...
