Kevin Oleszewski, Senior Wealth Planner ‘Tis the season to give. In fact, 37% of charitable giving occurs during the last quarter of the year — 20% of it in December alone, according to a survey conducted by the Blackbaud Institute. And while the holidays are traditionally a time to reflect …
Published by Jason Comes | @Jason_Comes Wealth…What does it mean to you? I ask this to clients and get many different answers. It means different things to different people. One client said they didn’t think they were in the category of “wealth” as they thought you had t …
People’s opinion of a company’s future potential is a key factor upon which the stock market is built. Therefore, as an analyst, it is important to not only understand the fundamentals and the strategy of companies in which you are looking to invest,
Published by Tyler Schlumpf and Ron Carson, There are two main types of risk involved in investing: systematic and unsystematic risk. The first, systematic risk, is the general market risk all investors take when they buy stocks and bonds. Unsystematic risk, however, comes in many different …
Published by Ron Carson Joseph Schumpeter coined the idea of creative destruction in the 1940s. Despite many examples since then of innovators like Netflix crushing once-untouchable businesses like Blockbuster, much of the financial services industry still lives in denial of the threats we …
Published by Teresa Milner Living in the fast-paced world that we’ve become accustomed to, it’s easy to get sidetracked with all that’s going on around us. What’s important and not urgent? What’s important and urgent? What’s urgent but not important? What’s not urgent and not important?
With the New Year approaching, many like to spend time reflecting on past successes, failures, new experiences and gained knowledge, as well as planning for the year to come. As a part of my own reflection, I enjoy reading the following parable…
