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Summer certainly feels like it is here! Every pool with the exception of baby pools is sold out in Virginia (if you find one, let me know!), the local ice cream shop has re-opened, and high school and college graduations
Bonds Are Boring (but effective) For most of the five years that our firm has been in existence, many of our clients asked why they own any bonds at all. It is human nature to want to invest in things
With the beautiful weather this past weekend, Jonathan and I tackled our first major project in a very long time. We built a raised bed garden with deer netting and a hinged door—here is the finished product: We usually don’t
More so now than ever do I believe the theme of “finding balance” is playing a key role in all of our lives. The economy, financial markets, and life itself seem anything but in balance. And while that might be
It’s difficult for us in the investment community to avoid the topic/question of market recovery and when it will occur. Regardless of how you view the current situation surrounding the pandemic, recovery will occur at some point. Those with a
It has been a challenging couple of months, and I was thinking through how wild it has been (January seems like forever ago!). Here is just a collection of things we’ve seen personally and professionally (they sort of all blend
With most of the world in lockdown or the mandate of stay-at-home orders for the last couple of months traveling, daily commuting, and the production and manufacturing of certain goods has been put on pause – air pollution seems to
We wrote a couple of weeks ago about the CARES act in another pun-titled post called “Care for a summary?” It contained a great summary of the bill and what is contained within. For obvious reasons, much of the focus
Spring Cleaning With stay-at-home orders in place throughout the country for the rest of the month, it seems as if we may have a fair bit of spare time on our hands in April. We hope you are all staying
Life as we know it right now is in a strange state of trying to maintain some resemblance of normalcy as we develop new routines and readjust our daily habits. (On a personal note, I have an even GREATER appreciation