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.
It is human nature to want to avoid loss and instead seek refuge in something that feels safe. After the very pronounced and painful market declines of last year, a new wave of participant risk aversion flooded markets as investors piled a record amount into money market funds, where $5.4 trillion of it remains as of early July.
A sleepy area of the bond market known as Series I Bonds has exploded in popularity this year, catching the attention of investors with its eye-popping 9.62% current yield. In a year in which most asset classes have delivered negative returns, a stable, predictable government guaranteed savings bond may seem appealing. And yet, while there are real benefits associated with I Bonds, there are also nuisances and limitations that investors should be aware of before getting too excited about investing in them.
Without a doubt, the past few years—and probably the rest of this decade—will ultimately be memorialized in the history books as quite unique, given the nature of the pandemic and the extraordinary fiscal and monetary responses to the economic conditions that it prompted.
