Summer has officially begun, and our kids are super busy.  Right after school let out, we went down to visit grandparents in Williamsburg.  We went to Busch Gardens and stayed until the park closed, then got up early the next day to be at Water Country at park opening, then saw movies and local sights.  […]

With your investments, I mean. There is an interesting slide from JP Morgan with two charts showing investor allocations by region. There is quite a large disconnect between a US investor’s allocation to non-US investments and the actual make-up of the global markets. As you can see from the chart below, the US

My family and I just returned from a trip to see the Grand Canyon—we are all exhausted and overwhelmed with all of the beautiful things we saw. None of us had ever been to the Grand Canyon before, so we had no idea what to expect.  A friend of ours tried to explain it by […]

About 58 years ago, my grandparents (and my mom and her 4 siblings) moved from Pasadena, California to the Northern Virginia area. The new owner of the Pasadena house planned to have the house demoed in order to build a new, more modern home. According to my family, my grandfather really loved the front door […]

This is my daughter Melanie: While she may look pleasant and mild mannered, don’t let that fool you.  She turned twelve this year, and it seems we have entered the growing, changing (read: hormonal) phase of life.  Melanie’s mood can change lightening fast.  Here is a chart of her moods on a very typical day

What do all three of the above have in common? Volatility and unexpected outcomes. I would suspect that’s an easy answer for most of you. The aptly named March Madness basketball tournament is certainly in full swing (ouch UVA!), snow is expected on the first day of Spring (that’s today!), and the markets continue

When you’re an 8-year-old kid like my son Coleman, and you LOVE sports, it’s okay to be a waffler. He is willing to (and pretty much does!) try anything and everything that involves a ball, stick, glove, goal, hoop, etc. As a result, he has asked us to sign him up for several different leagues […]

A Note from Sarah: “Our good friends down at Alpha Capital in Atlanta, GA penned this guest blog.  It happened to be almost exactly what I wanted to say in Meridian’s blog this week, so I asked if we could use it.  Happily, they obliged…enjoy!” What Happened The stock market last week tested the fortitude

Sometimes, when writing a weekly blog post, my partner, Sarah Yakel, and I struggle to come up with a good topic that hasn’t been covered recently and is hopefully interesting. While I am certainly not thankful for a market decline, it does provide an obvious topic about which to write. The first thing that comes