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January 2024
We’re back! Actually, we’ve been here all along. It’s just that I haven’t posted to this blog in a while. Not because there haven’t been things to say, quite the opposite. Much has happened, and there has been much that I have wanted to say. But time for writing has been usurped by more urgent duties. One such urgent duty… Read more →
AI, IM and SSA
No doubt when your news feeds have not been focused on domestic polemics, Canadian wildfires, unusual flooding, record setting heat, or Taylor Swift’s latest tour you have noticed that artificial intelligence (AI) is getting some attention. Of course, AI has been a discussion topic for decades – I first wrote about it in this blog almost ten years ago –… Read more →
Welcome, 2023
So far 2023 is looking good for investors! As illustrated in the chart below the Vanguard (US) Large Cap ETF gained 4.22% during the first two weeks of the new year. The small cap growth ETF is up 7.77%. ARKK is up 15.11% and TARK is up 31.43%. And as I write this on Tuesday, the 17th our investors are… Read more →
A Quick Note Regarding Investments
Our clients’ portfolios gained value in October. Every one of them. The portfolio that gained the least was up 1.1%. The portfolio with the greatest gain was up 6.22%. Note: The calculation used to determine investment returns experienced by our clients is called the internal rate of return. It is cash flow specific and is net of all fees and… Read more →