Report: 2019 Year End Tax Planning
YEAR-END PREPARATIONS The countdown begins. Once the clock rolls us into 2020, tax season gets underway. The old calendar year, 2019, will have officially been put to rest. Deductions from your paychecks and other income sources will begin counting for the New Year. Once it’s 2020, we can celebrate and look to even better days ahead. But we dare not …
Report: Quarter in Review
Quarter in Review A volatile third quarter ended with global equity markets offering mixed returns. The story remained largely the same with geopolitical and trade tensions fueling volatility, while political noise in the U.S. dominated headlines. The U.S. economy remains on solid footing, though many data points are highlighting the reality of an accelerating moderation in growth. Discrepancies in hard …
Back to the Basics: Total Value
So much attention gets paid to the growth (or decline) of the stock market that I fear we can become hypnotized by it and fall prey to sloppy fundamentals from time to time. How do I know this? Because many of the people we work with admit to receiving each investment statement and simply doing the ol’ “Is it up …
Briefcase Study: “So, compared to others, how are we doing?”
This question came up recently and it comes up often and I love it when people have the courage to ask. Don’t you secretly want to know if you’ve saved more than your friends or if your income is higher? It’s easy to tell if your house is bigger or if your car is more expensive. But when it comes …
Client Spotlight: Tom and MaryKaye
England, Scotland, Ireland Tom, who worked in social services and at Primary Children’s Hospital and MaryKaye, who ran a Preschool program and taught the Pre-K4 class, finally made the decision to head down the road of ‘official’ retirement. One of their first adventures included a trip to the UK to visit their youngest daughter, who is there working on her …
Our New Office in St. George
In mid-October, our new office in St. George will be open for business. Being a satellite office for us, meeting times will be done ‘by appointment only’, but feel free to give us a call here at our Sandy office to find out when the team will be there. We are excited to be able to serve our clients in …
State of the Union
Join Us December 4th Salt Lake Community College Miller Campus 9750 South 300 West Draper, UT 84020 We will be doing an end of year ‘State of the Union’ event with our Chief Investment Officer; Mike Sorrentino on December 4th. This event will allow clients and prospects to hear from Mike and get his thoughts on what happened in 2019 …
2019 Fall Newsletter: Salt Lake City
ELEVATED INSIDER The dog days of summer lead right into the chaos of Fall. Our 2 kids headed back to school August – this year our son, Michael, is in 2nd grade and our daughter, Coraline, is in 5th grade (her last year in elementary school). After playing in both spring and summer leagues, Michael has put baseball on the …
Report: Planning for Your Retirement
Planning for Your Retirement Develop Your Income and Spending Plan Retirement! Most Americans get excited about the day they no longer have to go to work to earn an income. No more bosses, no more meetings to attend, no more schedules to keep, no more stress that even the best of jobs can create. Retirement can be the beginning of …
Report: Quarterly Economic Update
Second Quarter 2019 The first half of 2019 brought very strong results for financial markets. Both equity and bond investors saw positive results leaving investors in a happy mood. The Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) enjoyed its largest June gain since 1938 and the S&P 500 experienced its best first half in two decades. (Source: CNBC.com 6/28/2019) Concerns of an …
