The key is determining the appropriate amount of risk for the reward you are seeking. This balancing of risk and reward is the foundation of all the work we do for clients and is critically important to long-term financial success.
Amassing wealth comes with many benefits, but having a substantial estate comes with the repercussions of elevated taxes. Gifting portions of your assets to mitigate tax ramifications is possibly a reasonable strategy.
Watch Sand Hill Global Advisor's video about the most important things to consider before buying your dream vacation home in this frenzied real estate market, such as the cost, location, investment potential, tax impact, and exit strategy.
Many Americans reignited long-forgotten passions amidst the exhausting and traumatic months of lock-down caused by this pandemic. With stress at an all-time high and the CDC heavily cautioning against face-to-face socialization, they turned to interests they hadn’t partaken of in years. Here are some of the top pastimes they pursued.
Recently, investors are expanding into the realm of luxury collectibles to augment their portfolios. With the right passion and knowledge, high-end collecting can offer potential monetary gains. This decade-long trend is well documented, and it’s easy to see why it has captured the imagination of investors and venture capitalists around the world.
One important, but frequently overlooked, topic is what to do in case your child becomes incapacitated… now that they are over the age of 18. This whole issue has evolved over time as new rules and regulations have been put in place that are meant to protect privacy, but which—often unintentionally—complicate interactions between loved ones.
Many DAF donors want to then help special unique causes or projects, or new charities that have not yet received IRS approval to function as a qualified 501(c)(3) organization; in turn, this can result in such targeted support being rejected or delayed, causing frustration for the donor and recipient charity alike. This is where “fiscal sponsorship” can be helpful.
Despite the growing list of issues that seem to separate California and Florida these days, there is one area that they have very much in common… severe and widespread natural disasters, and especially the adverse financial impact that these events are having on the availability of homeowners insurance.
Behavioral finance plays an important role in long-term investment success. We behave as we do in large part because we are affected by our emotions.
Young drivers and cars have always been an expensive combination, whether they’re renting vehicles or getting their own auto insurance. This is especially true for drivers under the age of 25, at which point things generally start to improve cost-wise on both fronts.
In the alphabet soup of estate planning jargon, the acronym QPRT is one of the more familiar — if not fully understood — terms and it represents a popular and rather common technique for potentially passing significant wealth amongst generations.
What are some examples of catastrophic insurance coverage? What are some of the things that people could do if they do not get their standard fire insurance renewed?
Longevity risk is particularly troubling for pension funds and life insurance companies, where increasing life expectancy trends among pensioners and policy holders threaten to result in ultimate payout levels much higher than originally estimated.
The devastating wildfires in California that did so much damage in the past few years are now impacting pricing and availability of homeowners insurance coverage in the state, affecting everything from primary residences in many suburban locations to popular vacation home spots like Napa Valley, Sonoma, Lake Tahoe and elsewhere. This comes on top of a decades-long increase in the overall national cost of all homeowners claims—including other types of severe natural disasters like extreme hurricanes and tornadoes.
Sand Hill's Senior Wealth Manager Steve Peterson and Senior Managing Director at the specialty brokerage firm Risk Strategies, John O'Neill, discuss the the changing landscape of homeowner's insurance in California due to fire risk.
Setting aside political forecasts and competing ideologies, recent history has shown both parties have contributed to present conditions, often by ignoring spending constraints while at the same time lamenting the steady rise in national debt.
Welcome to California, such a lovely place … you can check out any time you like, but you can never leave. Despite its natural beauty, mild climate, and other attractive attributes, some people — who once made California their home — eventually choose to leave it.
Like any classic “Spaghetti Western”, the recent major tax law has some “good” elements with regards to residential real estate, some “bad” outcomes, and some “ugly” aspects, too … with the “u” in ugly standing for unclear, unknown, and unresolved.
Custodial accounts are the simplest way to give property to minors, easily established at banks and brokerage firms, and do not require the need for an attorney to create a special trust. The gifts are deemed irrevocable, and age limits then apply.
For some thoughtful buyers with the right circumstances, timeshares might make sense — especially people who like predictability in their vacation destination. But in general, for most people, they carry many drawbacks that warrant careful consideration.
Earmarking the family home — or some portion of it — to fund a Charitable Remainder Trust (CRT) can satisfy philanthropic intent, reduce personal taxes, and generate long-term income.
