Category: Personal Finances
145 posts categorized as "Personal Finances"
Election Reflection
November 9, 2016
Content provided by Grant Engelbart, CFA, CAIA, CLS Portfolio Manager It’s no secret that markets hate uncertainty. Trump presents uncertainty – and markets reacted that way overnight. S&P 500 Index futures were down nearly 5% at one point, but have come screaming back to trade positive on the day. Sound familiar? Following the surprise Brexit…
Why Investors Should Source Income Globally
September 1, 2016
Content provided by Joe Smith, CFA, CLS Senior Market Strategist Low interest rates mean one simple thing: the search for yield and income is a very real and difficult challenge for investors. With many of the world’s economies offering low, zero, or even negative interest rates, the ability for investors to generate income in portfolios…
Inside Capstone: Preferred Stocks
August 26, 2016
Capstone’s Director of Fixed Income Investments and Portfolio Manager, Victoria Fernandez talks with CLS’s Portfolio Manager, Josh Jenkins, CFA, about why there is a place for preferred stocks in a fixed income portfolio .
Inside Capstone: Fixed Income Investors
August 25, 2016
Capstone’s Director of Fixed Income Investments and Portfolio Manager, Victoria Fernandez gives CLS’s Portfolio Manager, Josh Jenkins, CFA, a two part answer to how active fixed income investors should be.
Inside Capstone: Rising Interest Rates
August 24, 2016
Capstone’s Director of Fixed Income Investments and Portfolio Manager, Victoria Fernandez talks with CLS’s Portfolio Manager, Josh Jenkins, CFA, about whether or not investors should be concerned with the rising interest rates.
Lackluster Market Returns and the Growing Responsibility of the Individual Investor
August 11, 2016
Content provided by Paula Wieck, CLS Portfolio Manager Back in May, the McKinsey Global Institute published a report, Diminishing Returns: Why Investors May Need to Lower Their Expectations. The title is self-explanatory. In essence, the report states circumstances of the last 30 years produced returns in both stocks and bonds that were above the long-term…
Don’t Get Lost in the Crowd
June 30, 2016
Content provided by Kostya Etus, CLS Portfolio Manager In case you weren’t aware, the College World Series (CWS) graces Omaha this time of year and visitors come from all over the country to experience this great event. Omaha does not host too many of these large events therefore hotels are booked to max capacity and…
Brexit: Follow the Saying and Keep Calm….
June 24, 2016
Content provided by Scott Kubie, CFA, CLS Chief Strategist and Rusty Vanneman, CFA, CLS Chief Investment Officer British voters elected to leave the European Union (EU) yesterday. At market open, investors reacted swiftly to the news, pushing global markets sharply lower. The news came as a surprise. Betting markets and financial markets had moved in…
The Dos and Don’ts of Saving for Retirement
June 23, 2016
Content provided by Kostya Etus, CFA, CLS Portfolio Manager There have been numerous studies about the dismal savings rates of Americans. One recent survey* found that a third of the population has no retirement savings at all and a majority are significantly behind on their savings. Millennials are causing the most alarm as they will…
The Importance of Tax Management
June 9, 2016
Content provided by Grant Engelbart, CFA, CLS Portfolio Manager Managing portfolios for tax sensitivity is an often overlooked area of investment management, however this time of year, more than the rest, investors definitely seem to tend to notice if their portfolio was not managed with regards to taxes. Many holders of traditional mutual funds received…