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Big News at FourThought: Jake MacFarlane Earns His CFA® Designation!
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From The FourThought Team
Achieve Holistic Wealth with Scott Pinkerton:
Understanding Financial Freedom
Achieve Financial Freedom in Retirement:
Cashflow ESG Explained by Scott Pinkerton
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.
Understanding Florida Homeowners Insurance And Its Difficulties
https://vimeo.com/890323149 Authors:Chris Novotney, CAPI, VP and Private Client AdvisorScott Medley CAPI, Managing Principal
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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?
https://vimeo.com/424119370
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...
Four Facts for May 13: The VIX, Consumer Price Index and More
https://vimeo.com/418038974
Video Resources
From The FourThought Team
Family Financial Readiness and Stewardship Episode 1: Early Family Foundations
https://vimeo.com/915963473?share=copy
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