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Dollars & Sense: Cash Strategies for Higher Rates and Protection
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Scott Pinkerton Named To Barron’s Top 1,200 Advisors List for 14th Time
Sarasota, FL - FourThought Private Wealth is pleased to announce that Scott Pinkerton, Managing Partner, has been selected by Barron's as one of the top 1,200 financial advisors in the United States for the 14th time. This prestigious recognition is based on data...
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Is Your Financial Advisor a Fiduciary 100 Percent of the Time?
“Fiduciary” is a an important-sounding word whose meaning is sometimes vague or confusing. Most people associate it with finance and responsibility, which is correct. Its origin, however, is actually in law. Investopedia defines it this way: “The highest legal duty of...
Two Big Investment Risks in a Common Retirement Strategy
Great children’s stories often teach lessons about our world that can help their readers for a lifetime. The basic truths they teach often apply to investing. In Hans Christian Andersen’s “The Emperor has No Clothes,” a vain king is tricked into believing he is...
Technology is Fueling Our Lives and Investments, But Should We be Worried?
If someone had given you $1 million to invest in 1970, then told you that the global population of 3.7 billion would double over the next 50 years, what would you have invested in? At the time, many would have gone for commodities. More people means more food, more...
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...
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From The FourThought Team
Speed Bumps Ahead: A Look At The 4th Quarter
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FourThought’s Fourcast Q1 2021
https://vimeo.com/511274618 Enjoy our short video with highlights of our economic analysis and commentary for the first quarter of 2021. For in-depth information download our free WHITEPAPER HERE.
Four Facts for June 24, 2020: Treasury Yields, Tech Stocks and Missing Out on Economic Recovery
Four Facts for May 29: Hong Kong, Brazil and a Vaccine on the Horizon?
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Four Facts for May 13: The VIX, Consumer Price Index and More
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