
July 2021 Market Risk Update
Dear Clients and Friends, It’s time for our monthly market risk update. Well, it’s actually a bit late as we ordinary publish this...
Matthew Ramer
Jul 30, 2021

Coronavirus & Delta Variant Update #11
Dear Clients and Friends, It’s been quite a while since we posted a coronavirus-related update. However, given the Delta variant and the...
Matthew Ramer
Jul 23, 2021


LGBTQ+ Estate Planning
As many of you know, a disproportionately large cross-section of our family of clients considers themselves to be a part of the LGBTQ+...
Matthew Ramer
Jul 16, 2021


Larry Fink 2021 Letter
Dear Clients & Friends, Every year we bring you Larry Fink’s letter to CEOs. As the head of the largest asset custodian in the world,...
Daniel Levinson
May 7, 2021


The New Tax Law: What You Need to Know
Dear Clients and Friends, Without a doubt, the hottest question over the last two weeks has been: what’s the deal with President Biden’s...
Matthew Ramer
May 2, 2021


Earth Day & Arbor Day 2021
Dear Clients & Friends, We’re back! We have missed quite a few weeks’ worth of weekend readings due to one of the busiest tax seasons...
Amy Killeen
Apr 22, 2021

Results of the Tariff War
Dear Clients and Friends, On March 2nd, 2018, Donald Trump famously tweeted: “When a country is losing many billions of dollars on trade...
Daniel Levinson
Feb 5, 2021

New Stimulus Package
Dear Clients & Friends, As the world continues to struggle with COVID-19, we’ve seen economic softening as of late. We saw employment...
Matthew Ramer
Jan 22, 2021


2020 Annual Giving with Purpose
Dear Clients and Friends, Can you believe we’ve officially entered the holiday season? Along with the cold weather comes our Giving with...
Amy Killeen
Dec 11, 2020

Cybercrime Alert - 2020 Holiday Season
Dear Clients & Friends, The technology team at Commonwealth Financial Network, our RIA-broker/dealer, has detected an increase in...
Matthew Ramer
Dec 4, 2020

Election vs. COVID-19
Dear Clients and Friends, It’s been a little while since we’ve discussed coronavirus outside the context of the Presidential election....
Matthew Ramer
Nov 13, 2020

The Last of the Elections
Dear Clients & Friends, This weekend, we have a short update to our analysis of the 2020 election. As of today, we are awarding Joe Biden...
Matthew Ramer
Oct 31, 2020

We're Predicting the Election!
Dear Clients & Friends, In the week following our last article about the presidential election, the most common questions we’ve been...
Matthew Ramer
Oct 25, 2020

Coronavirus Update #10
Dear Clients and Friends, This weekend, we continue our series of COVID-19 updates by examining recent virus trends, as well as a...
Matthew Ramer
Sep 11, 2020

Labor Day, Fun Facts, and Presidents
Dear Clients & Friends, Today we write simply to wish everyone a happy and , healthy holiday weekend. However, it would not be our style...
Matthew Ramer
Sep 4, 2020

We're Back! Coronavirus Update #9
Dear Clients and Friends, We’re back!! It’s time to jump back into our weekend readings after taking a few weeks off during tax season....
Matthew Ramer
Jul 24, 2020


Creativity During COVID-19
Dear Clients and Friends, Many of us are fortunate enough to have extra free time on our hands during this period of lockdown. Using the...
Amy Killeen
Jun 19, 2020


Standing in Solidarity
I am Hmong. I am Asian American. I am a descendant of refugees. I have experienced racism firsthand. I have been discriminated against,...
Gloria Hang
Jun 6, 2020


Earth Day & Arbor Day 2020
We’re hunkering down, sheltering in place, and venturing outside only to gather vital supplies. Meanwhile, Spring is marching forward and...
Amy Killeen
Apr 24, 2020

The CARES Act
Dear Clients & Friends, On March 27, 2020, President Trump signed the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (the CARES Act)...
Matthew Ramer
Apr 4, 2020