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Articles and Resources
From The FourThought Team
Achieve Holistic Wealth with Scott Pinkerton:
Understanding Financial Freedom
Achieve Financial Freedom in Retirement:
Cashflow ESG Explained by Scott Pinkerton
Family Financial Readiness and Stewardship Episode 1: Early Family Foundations
https://vimeo.com/915963473?share=copy
Pack Your Gear: Exploring the Wilderness of Q1 2024
Hosted by Scott Pinkerton CFP®, AIF®, CIMA®, CPWA®, and Jake MacFarlane, where they discussed the current economic landscape, reviewing essential indicators. While expressing a sense of caution, they also conveyed optimism, suggesting that any potential recession could be shallow.
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Hurricane Ian – Perseverance
Our headquarters is in Venice Florida. In late August we were hit by Hurricane Ian. Prior to Ian, Venice never suffered serious hurricane damage. Why? I have heard just about every crazy hurricane theory/reason; from offshore Indian burial grounds to weird...
Scott and Julie Pinkerton Featured in Sarasota Scene Magazine
https://www.scenesarasota.com/magazine/philanthropy-making-a-difference-scott-and-julie-pinkerton-and-gulf-coast-community-foundation/
Perseverance: Lessons from Hurricane Ian
https://vimeo.com/795341117/0ae2cab628
Our View: A Tale of Two Machines
Download Our Latest Whitepaper HERE Benjamin Graham, the ‘father’ of value investing and teacher to Warren Buffett once stated that “in the short run, the market is a voting machine but in the long run, it is a weighing machine.” Graham’s comments are prescient. We...
Q2 Economic Review: Patriots In The Fog
Download Our Latest Whitepaper HERE COVID-19: Our Yorktown Battle Think back to the American Revolutionary war and The Battle of Yorktown which proved to be the decisive engagement of the war. The British surrender forecast the end of British rule in the colonies and...
Our View: Bad News Sells Newspapers!
Download Our Latest Whitepaper HERE There is an old adage…” Bad news sells newspapers”. While that may seem antiquated in today’s digital world, the message is still the same. Look at some of the headlines over the last week or so, and it is all bad news about the...
2022 1st Quarter Economic Review and Commentary: Take Me To The River
Download Our Latest Whitepaper HERE “No man ever steps in the same river twice. For it’s not the same river and he’s not the same man.” - Heraclitus Think of a river downstream from a dam release; when the water is released the river is filled with water and strong...
Our View: Inflation – Targets Can Shift Or Be Moved. Know How To Separate The News From Noise
Download Our Latest Whitepaper HERE If you recall from our Fourth Quarter Economic review, our topic was Stay on Target. At the end of the newsletter we stated, “Targets can shift or be moved” and “we need to know how to separate the news from the noise.” As we have...
Video Resources
From The FourThought Team
Financial Independence for Young Professionals
The “Financial Independence for Young Professionals” webinar, the third installment of our Family Financial Readiness and Stewardship series at FourThought, delved into the 5 “FourThoughtisms” for your 20s. James Stamper, Senior Planner, and Scott Pinkerton, CFP®, AIF®, CIMA®, CPWA®, shared 5 ideas for young adults to assist them in making smart financial choices:
Stay out of debt
Invest, don’t speculate
Good financial habits
Pay yourself first
Alignment
Feel free to share this summary with any young adults you know to help equip them with the tools for making better financial decisions and experiencing less stress throughout their lives.
Dollars & Sense: Cash Strategies for Higher Rates and Protection
https://vimeo.com/830249419?share=copy
Compassion into Action with Charitable Giving
https://vimeo.com/819844801
Perseverance Act II: The Receding Flood Economic Outlook 2nd Q 2023
https://vimeo.com/816205669
Structured Notes
https://vimeo.com/812466709