

What the Heck is Blockchain?
Dear Clients & Friends, Many folks over the last few years have asked me about Bitcoin and blockchain technology. Some of the questions...
Matthew Ramer
Mar 31, 2019


Are You in the Top 10%?
Dear Clients & Friends, Since I’m traveling, this will be a short Weekend Reading. A conversation that I had with clients in my Vero...
Matthew Ramer
Mar 16, 2019


Costs of Government Shutdown
Dear Clients & Friends, Over the last few weeks, many people have asked about the economic effects of the recent government shutdown,...
Matthew Ramer
Feb 16, 2019


Larry Finks 2019 Letter
Our weekend reading presented to you by Daniel Levinson, Financial Planning Associate… Dear Clients and Friends, At the beginning of...
Daniel Levinson
Jan 25, 2019


2019 Key Number Update
Dear Clients & Friends, Each January, we send our readers an update on key tax and retirement numbers for the new year, such as new...
Matthew Ramer
Jan 11, 2019

September Market Risk Update
Dear Clients and Friends, This week, we share with you our Monthly Market Risk Update. Before we begin, some of you may have noticed that...
Matthew Ramer
Sep 25, 2018


IRS Denies S.A.L.T Tax Relief
Dear Clients & Friends, As part of the Trump tax legislation of 2018, a $10,000 limit has been placed on the deductibility of state and...
Matthew Ramer
Sep 14, 2018


Party vs. Market
Dear Clients & Friends, Here we begin what may be a painful, but hopefully informative, discussion about the coming midterm elections. ...
Matthew Ramer
Aug 26, 2018


Gain, Loss & Performance, Episode 2
Dear Clients and Friends, A few weeks ago, we wrote an article discussing the differences between “Principal Gain & Loss” versus “Tax...
Matthew Ramer
Jul 31, 2018


Social Security and Medicare Trust Fund Annual Reports
Dear Clients & Friends, Each year, the Trustees of the Social Security and Medicare Trust Funds release annual reports to Congress that...
Matthew Ramer
Jul 7, 2018

Student Loan Interest Rate Changes
Dear Clients & Friends, I want to brief everyone on the new federal student loan interest rates that take effect today, July 1st. The...
Matthew Ramer
Jul 5, 2018


Memorial Day Message & Medicare
Dear Clients & Friends, In honor of the this weekend, we will make our reading short and sweet. But before we do, a quick message about...
Matthew Ramer
May 25, 2018


Yield Curve
Dear Clients and Friends, I’ve been meaning to write an article about what we call “the Yield Curve” because of all the statistics and...
Matthew Ramer
Apr 27, 2018


Yesterday's Market
Dear Clients and Friends, Given the treacherous ride that the US stock market endured recently, I considered writing a mid-week email....
Matthew Ramer
Mar 23, 2018


Tariffs = Earlier Recession
Dear Clients and Friends, The effects, advantages, and disadvantages of tariffs in the global economy are relatively simple to...
Matthew Ramer
Mar 2, 2018


Are We Buying Into the Dip?
Dear Clients and Friends, Between visiting clients and paying minute-to-minute attention to the market this past week, all of us at...
Matthew Ramer
Feb 11, 2018


Dow plunges 1175 pts! MORWM update…
Dear Clients and Friends, This is EXACTLY what we’ve been writing about recently. We believed that we were overdue for a temporary...
Matthew Ramer
Feb 5, 2018


New Tax Law - 529 Plans
Dear Clients & Friends, This weekend, I thought that we’d celebrate one good thing included in the new tax legislation passed late last...
Matthew Ramer
Feb 3, 2018


A Sense Of Purpose
Dear Clients and Friends, For some time now, we have shared an annual letter written by Larry Fink, the CEO of Blackrock, to other...
Matthew Ramer
Jan 30, 2018


Cash and Cars
Dear Clients & Friends, Two notes: One is very important, and the other is too. Why is there extra cash in my portfolio? In the last...
Matthew Ramer
Jan 5, 2018