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By Jenny Anderson - March 12, 2019

On a blustery March day five years ago, I locked arms with my mother and walked into a church in Maplewood, New Jersey to bury my brother. Bagpipes played “Amazing Grace.” I remember shivering and worrying: that my dad would slip, my mom would collapse, and that I would botch the eulogy.

A quick online search for “Dow rallies 500 points” yields a cascade of news stories with similar titles, as does a similar search for “Dow drops 500 points.”

by Allan Roth

You can reap big savings by giving up an hour.

Have you ever heard someone say that experience is the best teacher? Here’s another one. There are no mistakes, just lessons.

Well, we would like to take a slightly different tack. Experience isn’t the best teacher - someone else’s experience is. Learn from other peoples’ mistakes and you can save yourself a lot of grief.

Asset allocation. It’s so ingrained in how we manage our clients’ investment portfolios, we talk about it all the time - but what is it? What are assets, and what happens when you allocate them?

Asset Allocation: A Classy Subject

Investment fads are nothing new. When selecting strategies for their portfolios, investors are often tempted to seek out the latest and greatest investment opportunities. 

If your family has trouble with the kiddie tax, you face some new wrinkles for tax years 2018 through 2025 thanks to the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA) tax reform. This is one of the many areas where tax planning can pay off.

“Our new Constitution is now established, and has an appearance that promises permanency; but in this world, nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes.”

It’s a quote that comes to us from Benjamin Franklin, who uttered the phrase in 1789.

We often write when markets are roiling, or when unsettling news may have you questioning your resolve as an investor. Today, we simply want to take a moment to step away from the daily turmoil, and honor the life of one giant man.

On January 16th, Vanguard founder John “Jack” Bogle, passed away at age 89 in his Bryn Mawr home.