Over the past few months, I have been training to run across the Grand Canyon and back. Many know this trail run as Rim to Rim to Rim. Over the summer, I mapped out a training plan consisting of maintenance runs, long runs, hill repeats, and everything in between. As some of you may know,…
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We seek to utilize the very best solutions for our clients! As you might know, we use Dimensional Fund Advisors’ (DFA) investment funds to help build our portfolios. They do everything with excellence. To that end, Douglas Diamond, DFA’s lead independent director of the boards of the firm’s US Mutual Funds and ETFs, was recently…
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I often tell people that timing the market is akin to trying to catch a falling knife. You might get lucky and grab the falling knife on the handle. Or you might get unlucky – grab the knife on the blade and end up in the hospital. In a nutshell, we know that the market…
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The US stock market is the biggest in the world, but investors who ignore other globalmarkets may miss out on a wealth of opportunity. Roughly 18,500 companies trade outside the US; this represents nearly 40% ofthe world’s $88 trillion equity market. When determining where to invest, a country’s size, population, or gross domestic productmay not…
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You are invited to attend a webcast this Friday, September 30th at 11:30 AM EST. Our friends at Dimensional Fund Advisors (DFA) are hosting the webcast about US elections and the investment markets. During the webcast, they will look at historical data and explain why capturing long-term returns in the capital markets does not depend…
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If you’re looking for a prediction on when interest rates will rise or fall, alas, I cannot give you that info as I left my crystal ball at home this morning. But, I want to point out how much the recent rise in interest rates affect the monthly payments homeowners must pay when refinancing or…
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I recently had lunch with a friend that I met in my running group. For our purposes, his name is John. He asked me to lunch because he had some questions about financial planning. To give a quick overview, his grandmother had a sizeable estate and her investments were with a large family office. She…
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As mentioned in a previous post, Scott, Thad, and I are all training for various running events this fall. Well, my first race took place this past Sunday, and I did NOT hit my goal. I was disappointed, but, after analyzing the outcome, I am motivated to keep going. I heard someone say that “wisdom…
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I was in a meeting last week with a group of other local financial advisors. One of the advisors shared a story about a prospect (from long ago) that was a Yahoo executive. At the time, Yahoo stock was soaring. The advisor begged the prospect to diversify and engage in a strategy that would reduce…
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