As seen in ThinkAdvisor By Stuart Katz, CEO & CIO, December 19 2019 If you’ve ever watched the races at Le Mans – or Indianapolis, for that matter – one thing you don’t see is the safety features built into the cars. Race car drivers go
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Get to Know Your Clients. Then Lead Them to their Mountain
October 22 2019 - As Published in FA Magazine By Frank and Frankie Corrado We feel that the most successful client relationships are based on prudent portfolio allocation, sound tax strategy and deep market expertise—and that advisors who can
Time
By Jeanette Garretty August 21, 2019 - Many of us can often be found expressing a fervent wish for more time—more time to sleep, more time with the family, more time to read, more time to complete an ever-present mountain of to-do’s. Most of us
Financial Market Challenges and Opportunities: An Interview With Robertson Stephens Managing Director Michael Zaninovich
August 15, 2019 Jeanette Garretty sat down to discuss financial market conditions with her colleague, Michael Zaninovich, after the close of US markets on Tuesday. The following is a transcript of their discussion. JG: Michael, the markets
Currency Manipulation: Can it be done?
By Jeanette Garretty August 7 2019 - A brief history of global currency markets must always address the various attempts by central governments to influence the exchange rate of their native currencies. Japan, South Korea, Taiwan, and
And Here We Go…
By Jeanette Garretty August 8 2019 - It’s not good when the online site for the Wall Street Journal features inch high headlines that resemble a supermarket tabloid. Yuan Plunges!! Global Stocks Fall! Giant Asteroid Heads Toward Earth!! Okay,
Life Is Simple . . . Until It’s Not
By Jeanette Garretty June 7 2019 - Veteran observers of the Federal Reserve (aka “Fed Watchers”) know that the lodestar of monetary policy is the Fed’s unflinching commitment to its long-established, Congressionally-directed mandate: “ . . .to
Dancing with Elephants: US-China Trade Negotiations At An Impasse
By Jeanette Garretty May 16 2019 - In 1942, George Balanchine asked his friend Igor Stravinsky to compose a ballet for the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus elephants. The “Circus Polka: For a Young Elephant” was performed in the
Deficit Attention Disorder
October 1 2018 - The federal budget deficit numbers released by the Treasury Department on October 15 were not exactly a surprise. Economists and analysts such as the Congressional Budget Office and the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget have
