Q3 Market Commentary: Attachments

What We’re Seeing I cannot invest the way I want the world to be; I have to invest the way the world is – Jim Rogers Buddhism reminds us: all attachment leads to suffering. Yet not all attachments are the same, nor is all suffering. We cling to small hopes – the Mariners reaching the […]

Q4 Market Commentary: Oz – The Great and Powerful

Written by Brian Frederick, CFP®, CIMA® & Trevor Marston What We’re Seeing “There’s no place like home.” – Dorothy In honor of the release of the new cinematic version of Wicked, we thought we would take a moment to meditate on one aspect of L. Frank Baum’s classic story of The Wizard of Oz that […]

Q3 Market Commentary: Past Performance

written by Brian Frederick, CFP®, CIMA® & Trevor Marston What We’re Seeing “The most contrarian thing of all is not to oppose the crowd but to think for yourself.” — Peter Thiel In the world of investing, a well-known adage often surfaces: “past performance does not indicate future results.” Indeed, it doesn’t. Statisticians might even […]

Q2 Market Commentary: The Greener Grass

written by Brian Frederick, CFP®, CIMA® & Trevor Marston What We’re Seeing “The stock market is a device to transfer money from the impatient to the patient.” – Warren Buffett It’s an age-old problem. People always keep trying to look over the horizon and try to find greener pastures. The grass is always greener on […]

Market Quarterly Commentary: Rebounds and Reflections

written by Brian Frederick, CFP®, CIMA® & Trevor Marston What We’re Seeing “Know what you own, and know why you own it” – Peter Lynch At the beginning of 2023, the prevalent view was a looming recession. Yet, The S&P500 surprised many by delivering a 26.18% total return. Even the Bloomberg Aggregate US Bond index […]