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Achieve Holistic Wealth with Scott Pinkerton:
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Cashflow ESG Explained by Scott Pinkerton
How Diversification Helps You Sleep Better at Night
At FourThought, we know that peace of mind matters just as much as performance when it comes to your financial future. That is why FourThoughts' Senior Analyst, Jake MacFarlane, has prepared a short piece titled “Diversification: Sleeping Well at Night.” It is a...
Changing of the Tides
The markets have experienced significant movement over the past month, with volatility driven by shifting valuations, policy uncertainty, and economic trends. While these fluctuations can feel unsettling, they are a natural part of the market cycle. In the attached...
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What the Bubba Wallace Story Can Teach Us About Investing in This Moment
When a hangman’s noose was found in the garage of Black NASCAR driver Bubba Wallace, there was an immediate cry for justice and widespread horror that such events are still taking place. The story unfolded differently, and in hindsight can teach something about...
Four Facts for June 24, 2020: Treasury Yields, Tech Stocks and Missing Out on Economic Recovery
Five Trends from Covid-19 and How They May Affect What We Invest In
At FourThought Private Wealth we have four main investing principals. First, we acknowledge that we are not gods and thus cannot predict the future. This speaks to the necessary humility that is required in investing and life planning. We are not in control and need...
On Mixed News from the Fed, We’re Doing What We Always Have: Investing in Quality Companies
Two days ago, on June 10 of this week, the Federal Reserve met and proclaimed their intentions: they plan to keep interest rates at or near zero for the foreseeable future. There will be little to no rate increase until at least 2022. And, according to Fed Chairman...
The Tale of Two Sisters: Understanding Sequence Risk in Investing
Once upon a time, there were two sisters. Although the sisters were born ten years apart, they could have been mistaken for identical twins. They both worked hard for many years to build nest eggs for their retirement. The Older Sister Retires with $1 Million to...
Four Facts for May 29: Hong Kong, Brazil and a Vaccine on the Horizon?
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12 Ways to Fight Cyber Criminals and Achieve Online Financial Security
Cyber criminals will take advantage of any situation, and the coronavirus crisis is no exception. Since the pandemic and related quarantining began, the FBI says it has seen a spike in cybercrimes reported to its Internet Crime Complaint Center, with scammers...
Quarantining the Goose: Protecting Stock Dividends in an Era of Economic Uncertainty
One of the four key principals of our investment strategy at FourThought Private Wealth is summarized in the statement, “Don’t eat the goose!” This is an obvious reference to Aesop’s “The Goose that Laid the Golden Egg.” This 1500-year-old fable is so ingrained in...
Video Resources
From The FourThought Team
FourThought Q1 Economic Review 2025: Navigating Uncertainty with an Adaptive Approach
https://youtu.be/Ri0SC4viyVg?si=4otvs1ZEzqkwpREm
Four Facts for May 13: The VIX, Consumer Price Index and More
https://vimeo.com/418038974
Four Facts for April 27: Comparing Current Unemployment to 2008 and More
https://vimeo.com/412339804
Four Facts for April 20: Zoom’s Market Cap and More
https://vimeo.com/409810075