An amazing phenomenon is about to occur. Ever wonder why your great Uncle can afford that Porsche and wear Polo? Born between 1946 and 1964, baby boomers were and still are a generation that was able to accumulate immense wealth due to a strong labor market, very cheap housing and the ability to save via […]
It’s that time of the year when the procrastinators come out of the investing woodwork and need to make an IRA contribution. Well, you slowpokes, you still have some time and we will keep this post quick, so you don’t waste time reading this and instead go make these contributions. You can make an IRA
As we all just sat in our living rooms zoom chatting away these past few years due to a global pandemic, the virtual world became the real world. This may just be the beginning. Enter the Metaverse. Don’t worry. If you haven’t heard this word yet, there are plenty of reasons why not. For one,
Sitting on that concentrated stock position? Here at Sustainvest, we occasionally come across clients who are sitting on a large holding of a stock. Simply stated, a concentrated stock position is if you hold more than 10% of your investment portfolio in one stock. And this means stock, like Apple or Google or Zynga (remember
If half of the world population consists of women, one would think that having this demographic being represented on a company’s board would just be sound business. Right? However, in 2018, a fourth of publicly held corporations with headquarters in California don’t have any women on their boards of directors. This soon will change. California
When one thinks of shareholder activism, the image of Carl Icahn and his ability to take over companies with his billions of dollars comes to mind. But on the other end of the spectrum is the concept of shareholder advocacy, where small shareholders of publicly traded companies ask firms to make some changes when it
Uncle Sam will soon have his hand out. Year-end is a great time to give your portfolio a checkup. Consider these tax-smart strategies to help boost your after-tax returns. Harvest losses. No one likes a losing investment but at tax time, they can be blessings in disguise. You can use capital losses to offset taxable
As we enter the home stretch of 2014, we can at least say that it has been a somewhat “boring” market quarter, but sometimes boring is better than the alternative. For the 3rd quarter, the S&P 500 was flat with a .6% increase. The Dow Jones was up 1.3% and the NASDAQ up 1.9%. For
More than $40 trillion will pass between generations by the year 2055 according to the Center on Wealth and Philanthropy (CWP) at Boston College. That’s a whole lot of hard-earned cash. For many baby boomers and generation Xers, this gift may actually feel like a burden rather than something to look forward to. Anxiety creeps
