Q3 2017 Market Commentary

“All analogies break down if taken too far, just like a car. Only there’s no gas station & maybe the mechanic is an editor or logician & also…”  – Ken Jennings, Jeopardy Champion Against the advice of Ken Jennings, and in order to better understand the stock market, we often talk about a different asset

Proposed Plan to “Fix Our Broken Tax Code”

For much of the year, we’ve told clients “let’s wait and see” when considering certain tax saving strategies like Roth conversions or a Qualified Charitable Distribution because we wanted to see what tax policies might come from Washington. On September 27th, the White House released the “Unified Framework for Fixing Our Broken Tax Code” to

A Semester Of Econ In 30 Minutes

If you’ve ever pretended to know what “deflation” is then keep reading. Ray Dalio started his investment company, Bridgewater Associates, at age 26 out of his apartment. After forty years of investing, Bridgewater now manages around $160 Billion. Normally you have to go to college and sit through hours of lectures to grasp a 10,000