Head to Head

There is a Bull-Bear battle underway that is more complex than ever. Recently we’ve seen a rally in the markets that seems to defy the underlying indicators, so let’s take a quick look at this. Financial plans are designed for the long term and focus on discipline and...

Feeling Disconnected

Bloomberg Businessweek titled last week’s edition as The Great Disconnect, and it was aptly named. This is a time of disconnections. We’ve been feeling disconnected from friends, from family members, from social gatherings, and even from our regular sense of reality....

Gambling in the Dark

“Tell me what we should do next.” It was a simple request and one that needed some complex thinking if we were to give a clear answer. Here’s how we answered it… When we bring advice to help you get where you want to go, it’s driven by a desired future state, a vision...

Breaking news…

Sound bites are great. They’re short. They’re catchy. They make great headlines. And they’re rarely the entire story. As a matter of fact, they’re meant to not be the whole story, but to have enough of a sensational or curiosity-generating effect that we read on....

Defying the “New Normal”

New Normal is getting a lot of press. Politicians speak of it. Business pundits toss it around like a new toy. Friends and colleagues speak of it and it sounds good. Something new, and normal. And we don’t like it. We like the sentiment that “New Normal” connotes, but...