By “consistently,” we mean over five or more years. Anything less than that doesn’t do you much good if you’re trying to develop a plan for the remainder of your working life and all the way through retirement. And by that standard, your odds look pretty bad if you’re counting on money managers to beat the … Read more
Avoiding Shirtsleeves To Shirtsleeves While Retaining There is an old saying, “shirtsleeves to shirtsleeves in three generations,” which means that the older generation started out doing manual labor, worked hard, and amassed wealth—and by the time their great-grandchildren are in charge, the family is back where they started, with the wealth all gone. STRATEGIES FOR … Read more
There’s a second and related truth to that. Investment performance rises and falls. No one earns market-defying gains year after year. But investment costs – those just keep on coming. While some investment costs are tied to performance, many are not. As you’re about to see, you should stop asking so many questions about performance, … Read more
How to Respond to Market Volatility in 3 Smart Steps Are You Freaking Out From What Market Volatility Is Doing to Your Monthly Statements? 3 Healthy and Sensible Ways to Respond to Market Volatility Few envelopes in the mail can arouse such an extreme breadth of emotion as your financial statements. One month, when your … Read more
Withdrawing money from your savings accounts for retirement is more complicated than saving the actual money. Understanding how and when to make these withdrawals becomes a huge problem. You’re up against what we could call ‘The Lord of the IRS: The Two Towers.’ In this case, the towers are required minimum distributions (RMDs) and taxes. … Read more
High Net Worth Services Now that you’ve reached the peaks of financial success, the next step for you as a High Net Worth (HNW) Individual is to find ways to continue growing yet preserve your wealth. Creating a financial plan to attain your HNW status is just one part of the journey, it is equally … Read more
Securing YOUR Ultra-High Net Worth Portfolio And Estate Part 2 In part one of this two-part series, we highlighted that policy changes by the Federal Reserve, in combination with policy and regulatory changes by the incoming 2017 Trump Administration, present investors with either an obstacles and possibly opportunities. Naturally, ultra-high net worth investors want to … Read more
Securing YOUR Ultra-High Net Worth Portfolio And Estate It is always wise to evaluate portfolios and strategies on an ongoing basis. However, in times of change, the need is even greater. And with the Federal Reserve’s change in policy and the incoming 2017 Trump Administration, it is safe to say that ultra-high net worth families … Read more
With The Incoming Trump Administration And Impending Interest Rates As we explore in our recently published book “The Art Of Protecting Ultra-High Net Worth Portfolios And Estates, Strategies For Families Worth $25 Million to $500 Million,” each family’s Investment Policy Statement should establish what is expected of money managers, and how and when the family … Read more
Where The Investment Policy Statement & Family Constitution Intersect In a previous article, we discussed the role and importance of the Investment Policy Statement. To recap, this document is a unifying statement of financial objectives that focuses on “hard” money issues. It differs from a Family Constitution, which is a document that seeks solidarity of … Read more
