Capital Ideas
Fourth Quarter 2019 Letter to Clients
It was in this letter exactly a year ago that we sought to provide some perspective about the steep decline stocks had just experienced in fourth quarter 2018. Over the course of just a few trading sessions in December, the Dow Jones Industrial Average declined 12%,...
Third Quarter 2019 Letter to Clients
It has been said that golf is an easy game, it’s just hard to play. Much the same could be said of investing. The principles of long-term investment success aren’t particularly complicated. Construct a well-diversified portfolio appropriate for your risk and return...
Sustainable and Socially Aware Investing
Terry Hartigan, CFP® | Principal Sustainable and Socially Aware Investing: Pursuing a Successful Investment Experience Investors have increasing awareness that pursuing their financial goals does not have to come at the expense of their values. Central to Capital...
Second Quarter 2019 Letter to Clients
Each point in the ups and downs of the market has its own emotional challenges for long-term investors. The inevitable downturns like we saw in 2018 require that we muster our intestinal fortitude and avoid the temptation to flee to cash. In times of extended market...
First Quarter 2019 Letter to Clients
After a turbulent end to 2018 sent stock indices around the globe into bear market territory, equities staged a big recovery in the first quarter of 2019. For the quarter, the S&P 500 index gained 13.65% and was within a few percentage points of its record high....
Fourth Quarter 2018 Letter to Clients
Stocks around the globe experienced a significant decline during Fourth Quarter 2018, a trend that began in October and accelerated rapidly in December. The downturn was widely attributed to the prospect of continued higher interest rates, ongoing tensions in the...
What’s Your Business Really Worth? Part 2
Dennis Covington | Managing Principal Key Takeaways: There are at least 7 different ways to value a private business: Here we will explore Liquidation Value, Market Value, Fair Market Value and Owner’s Value. Market value is a technique for showing how your business...
What’s Your Business Really Worth? Part 1
Dennis Covington | Managing Principal Key Takeaways: • Private businesses can have multiple values depending on who the potential buyers are—and what each the buyer’s needs are. • Business owners need to realize that taxes and expenses are part of the sales process. •...
The Power of Listening
Scott Pritchard | Principal I have a confession to make. I have a friend who is a broker. There, I feel better getting that off my chest. Aside from having built a very profitable book of business by the sheer force of his personality and some very aggressive sales...
New Fiduciary Rule
Scott Pritchard | Principal We finally have a new Fiduciary Rule that becomes the law of the land next year on April 10, 2017. Now what? Unfortunately, as many cynics (and perhaps some realists) predicted, the final rule became the victim of Wall Street and insurance...
CFO 2016 Trends & Tips
Scott Pritchard | Principal CFO Magazine recently issued a special report titled “401(k) Trends and Tips for 2016”. The complete report is available online at 401(k) Trends and Tips for 2016 . But knowing that you are a busy professional, I thought you might...
Take Two Weeks Off
Scott Pritchard | Principal Take Two Weeks Off…Then Quit If you’ve ever picked up a golf club you can probably relate to my friend who upon having a particularly rough day on the course declared “I know what I’m going to do to fix my game. I’m going to take two weeks...