This week the Investment Office remains cautious about taking a victory lap based on the recent combination of a stronger-than-expected jobs report and better-than-expected inflation numbers. The Investment Office's portfolio construction
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Robertson Stephens Weekly Commentary – August 8, 2022
This week the Investment Office is closely monitoring the yield curve, inflation and other indicators to determine whether we are in a new cyclical bull market, or just a bear-market rally. We believe that until the Fed reaches its destination, there
2022 Mid Year Outlook Webinar
July 21, 2022 - With the 1st half of 2022 behind us, our Chief Economist Jeanette Garretty and Chief Investment Officer Stuart Katz discuss their economic and market outlooks for the 2nd half of the year. Head of Wealth Planning Mallon FitzPatrick
Robertson Stephens Weekly Commentary – August 1, 2022
This week the Investment Office continues to watch inflation and other macro drivers as the Fed tackles inflation and supports growth. Around the world, Europe's main focus continues to be the Russian gas dispute; China's economy has slowed down
Wealth Planning Doesn’t Require Rules of Thumb
By Mallon FitzPatrick, CFP® July 29, 2022 - Generally speaking, rules of thumb exist to simplify life. There’s no sense in trying to reinvent the wheel after someone already went through the process of trial and error that spawned the rule in the
Robertson Stephens Weekly Commentary – July 25, 2022
This week the Investment Office is watching the next big focal point for markets - the Fed’s next decision on Wednesday. Additionally, more than 170 S&P 500 companies will report earnings this week and at this early stage of the reporting period,
Robertson Stephens Weekly Commentary – July 18, 2022
This week the Investment Office continues to watch market fluctuations as markets, which until recently were all about pricing in ongoing inflation, now seems focused on the risk of a policy error and recession in a period of transition after nearly
Robertson Stephens Weekly Commentary – July 11, 2022
This week the Investment Office keeps an eye out on earnings season as it begins. In their initial assessment, the biggest threat to a sustainable expansion remains inflation and the Fed will need restrictive rates to address that issue. On the
Robertson Stephens Weekly Commentary – July 5, 2022
This week the Investment Office discusses how the macroeconomic story is affecting the equity and fixed income markets, rates, currencies and commodities. On the economic front, the tug-of-war between inflation and economic growth continues unabated
Hierarchy of Tax Deferral Strategies
By Mallon FitzPatrick, CFP As published in Rethinking65 June 30, 2022 - You cannot control market behavior, but you do hold sway over how you manage taxes, which reduce investment returns on portfolios and are often compounded by state taxes.

