I’m writing this post nearly two years to the day that we published the first of many articles on the COVID outbreak and its impacts on the markets and the global economy. In February of 2020, the world was waking up to the battle against a virus that lay ahead of it. Sadly now, just two years later, the world... Read More
In this post, we’ll outline everything you need to know about diversifying a concentrated stock position. We’ll cover what is too concentrated, the benefits of portfolio diversification (and the drawbacks), plus provide some tips on managing taxes. In our conversations with Tech professionals, we’ve learned that most know they should diversify their portfolio. But they don’t know how to start.... Read More
This post is part two of ‘How Much Company Stock Should I Hold?’ In this article, we dive deeper into two areas: If you hold company stock, what form of equity compensation is the best to own, and How to maintain your desired allocation over time What Type of Company Stock Should I Hold? Let’s assume that you wish to... Read More
How did the market do today? Whether it’s NPR, the Wall Street Journal or small talk with your neighbor, most conversations about the stock market and economy inevitably reference either the Dow, NASDAQ or S&P 500. But are they appropriate measurements? What do they actually track? And most importantly, are they appropriate measure of performance? The investment benchmark industry is... Read More
Chances are if you work in the technology industry, part of your compensation will include company stock. We’ve written about various forms of equity compensation before (RSU’s here and here, ESPPs here and here, Stock Options here) but today we want to address a question that anyone investing in their company ultimately has to answer: How much company stock should... Read More
In Our Bear Market Playbook, we included rebalancing as part of the game plan when markets drop. Often overlooked as obvious and boring, it's effective and, therefore, not to be neglected. Most of the time, rebalancing is a risk management strategy as stocks get sold to fund other portfolio diversifiers. But during a market downturn, like Q1 2020, there is... Read More
Dimensional Fund Advisors (DFA), an asset manager we utilize in our client portfolios, produced a webinar for clients that focused on putting the recent market volatility in perspective. While DFA’s performance track record speaks for itself, what sets them apart in the industry is their ability to assimilate complex historical data into intuitive themes that allow investors to achieve superior... Read More
This post isn’t meant to minimize the human impact that the Coronavirus has on those affected but simply to share perspective on the impact of the outbreak to the markets and a well-diversified investment portfolio. With the coronavirus pandemic now impacting the entire globe, markets across the world are reacting. As of Tuesday’s close, the S&P 500 index is off 26% from... Read More
This post isn’t meant to minimize the human impact that the Coronavirus has on those affected but simply share perspective on the impact of the outbreak to the markets and a well-diversified investment portfolio. With Coronavirus fears dominating the headlines this week and pushing the markets into correction territory (defined as down 10% or more) it’s worth reviewing some... Read More
The common perception is that as you age, or more specifically as you approach retirement, you should reduce the risk in your investment portfolio. In most cases, this means reducing exposure to the stock market and increasing exposure to fixed income (i.e., bonds). The goal is to dampen the ups and downs with the understanding that the potential upside is... Read More
