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Expert Insights on Navigating Today’s Economy: 40-minutes with FourThought: Q1 Economic Review
https://vimeo.com/949297952 Managing partner Scott Pinkerton and research analyst Jake MacFarlane delve into the current economic landscape and investment strategies, providing invaluable perspectives you won't want to miss. Scott and Jake explore the latest movements...
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.
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Changes We’re Making in This New Season
(To download a printable pdf of this paper please click here.) To say a lot has changed in the last three months is an understatement. In our last white paper, “Don’t Sound the Alarm Until You See the Whites of their Eyes,” we drew the analogy of “wolves” out in the...
Bad or No Estate Planning: A Deadly Mistake
Pay Attention to the Details Now to Prevent Chaos Later When Pablo Picasso died, he did so having failed to ever draft a will. Many of his paintings were used to settle a huge tax bill to France, via transfer to the Musée Picasso in Paris. The rest were fought over by...
Dancing with TINA
Investment Options That Can Provide Diversification and Yield in a Low Interest Environment Have you met stock investors’ new girlfriend TINA? She is the belle of the ball—an alluring and popular guest. Who is she? Her name is an acronym for “There Is No...
An Update From the Watch Tower: Five “Wolves” in the Woods
To be a great investor you must think in terms of probabilities. Do not attempt to predict the future. Pundits predict, and when they fail, they say, “Well, that is because XYZ happened and who could have predicted XYZ?” The problem is that their punditry costs you...
Effects of a Contested Election on Our Investments
Potential Effects on Your Portfolio and Psyche People are worried right now. They are worried about Covid-19, worried about civil unrest, worried about educating their children and worried that they will never be able to resume life as it once was. At the top of the...
Q3 Economic Commentary: Wait Until You See the Whites of Their Eyes
Imagine that you live in a village a long time ago where you work together to farm and make things to help the community survive and thrive. Unfortunately, outside the village there are some very bad “wolves” that can attack and wreak havoc. There are guards placed...
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...
Video Resources
From The FourThought Team
“Stick the Landing” FourThought’s Economic Review Q3 2024
https://vimeo.com/996805386
FourThought’s 10 Predictions For 2023
https://vimeo.com/798523421
Perseverance: Lessons from Hurricane Ian
https://vimeo.com/795341117/0ae2cab628
The Heart of the Matter: Planning Holistically
Cash Flow Planning for Financial Freedom Investors
Here’s our latest video on cash flow planning.