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Nightmare on Wall St.: A Tech Bubble Redux?

The notion of “two Americas” is often discussed by media outlets, particularly in an election year. Meanwhile, Wall Street’s attendant media, usually prone to hyperbole, has largely ignored the extraordinary tale of two markets for stocks. Instead, the focus has...
Diversify, Rebalance, Rinse, Repeat

Diversify, Rebalance, Rinse, Repeat

Since the future is unknown, diversification remains the hallmark to capital preservation in our estimation. There may be short periods of time where seemingly different asset classes move in the same direction, but over time, reducing correlation among assets within a portfolio is crucial to protecting your generational wealth.

Chairman’s Letter 2Q20

Chairman’s Letter 2Q20

Dear Fellow Investors, Unprecedented is a word that gets tossed around so frequently these days that it is, well, unprecedented. More often than not, the word is misused to mean something other than, or in addition to, “without precedent.” Rather, it gets used to mean...
Be a Bear-Market Buyer

Be a Bear-Market Buyer

The stock market’s wild swings so far in 2020 have been enough to unnerve many experienced investors.  And while it’s extremely important to be mindful of near-term liquidity needs, we believe it’s essential to be a buyer in a bear market in order to build long-term,...

Volatility vs. Risk

Time is the investor’s friend and the speculator’s foe. Why?  One reason is that many market participants tend to confuse risk and volatility. For long term investors (and really, there is no other kind) volatility represents not a true risk, as in complete loss of...
Public Service Warning: Don’t Time the Market

Public Service Warning: Don’t Time the Market

The S&P 500 just hit a record! However, it’s not one to celebrate. The market had its fastest 10% correction ever! It took just six days to turn investor sentiment from being risk-on to risk-off. Since August of 2019, the market’s rise could either be viewed as...