
Adam Cufr
- Oct 12, 2018
- 3 min
The Market Seems Angry; How Are You Feeling?
And just like that, we’re wondering if it’s finally here. We’ve been talking about the next big market decline for so long now, it’s begun to feel like crying wolf. Ten years removed from the last recession, we’re due, painfully so. The last two days the market (‘the Dow’) has declined over 1,300 points. That amounts to roughly 5%, almost instantly. All market gains (not counting dividend income) most investors have seen year-to-date just vanished in two days. I don’t enjoy t

Stephen Hanley
- Oct 11, 2018
- 2 min
Update on Volatility
Management Update on Volatility (10-11-2018) Looks like markets are taking a much needed breather. Yesterday (October 11th), the S&P 500 dropped - 3.29%. From September 20th to October 11th the S&P 500 dropped -6.91% (Ycharts Data). So what happened? This was likely the result of some adjustments relative to higher interest rates. Similar to the decline in January/February earlier this year, we would expect a very typical -5% to -10% decline. In January/February we saw an off

Stephen Hanley
- Oct 4, 2018
- 3 min
How Do You Measure Success
One of the key questions we ask clients before investing is, “how will you measure success”? The answer to this question helps create a powerful decision-making map and review process for the advisor and yourself. We generally find there are 4 key Dimensions to this question, which can drastically change your investments and planning experience. The dimensions are Planning, Diversified Benchmark, Concentrated Benchmark and Time. The first dimension...Planning, is the key elem