by David Dirks | Jul 10, 2020 | Market Commentary
Q2 2020 Market Commentary – July 8, 2020 Early on in this health crisis there was an influential paper called “The Hammer and the Dance” by Tomas Pueyo in which he called the initial period of lockdown to flatten the curve “the hammer” and the subsequent period...
by David Dirks | May 29, 2020 | Articles & White Papers
Legislative Updates to Charitable Giving May 29, 2020 This post is a continuation of our series on recent legislative changes, with an update on charitable giving. There were important changes made to the tax rules on charitable gifts both in the 2017 Tax Cuts and...
by David Dirks | May 20, 2020 | Articles & White Papers
Recent Changes to RMDs May 20, 2020 This post is intended to summarize some recent legislative changes that that will impact anyone taking Required Minimum Distributions (RMDs) from their IRA or 401k: RMDs from IRAs have been suspended for 2020. If you haven’t taken...
by David Dirks | Apr 10, 2020 | Market Commentary
Q1 2020 Market Commentary – April 10, 2020 Looking back at our last quarterly report feels like reading a report from many years ago. There was no hint of COVID-19, and we had just finished a year in which the US stock market rose by 31% (as measured by the...
by David Dirks | Apr 10, 2020 | Quarterly Chartbooks
You can download our comprehensive market review in charts and tables from the link below. Topics covered include: Q1 2020 ChartbookDownload TABLE OF CONTENTS: Market Summary World Stock Market Performance World Asset Classes US Stocks International Developed Stocks...