I am a lister. I make lists for everything from places to travel each year to what is needed for the next trip to the hardware store to where my life will be in 20 years. So, with all the talk that Artificial Intelligence (AI) is going to completely metamorphosize our lives as we all […]
Congrats Elon. Well, not really but…in light of the recent news that Tesla CEO Elon Musk earned the first portion of an incentive-based stock payout which is comprised of 1.7 million shares of Tesla valued at about $775 million, perhaps now is an opportune time to discuss CEO pay versus the average employee and something
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
In a year when virtual reality was all the craze sending people searching for Pokémon “things”, actual reality became quite the surprise as Americans watched the results of the Presidential election. The big 3 items that may see some tweaking include tax reform, regulatory rollbacks, and health care changes. The effects of this will most
What do toilets and donuts have to do with each other? Sustainvest recently introduced a resolution that addresses the current drought situation and the fast growing donut chain. Dunkin Brands (DNKN) plans to double the number of U.S. stores to about 15,000 from a base of 7,000 now. Most of these stores will be on
It is amazing to us. We run across client investment portfolio statements and there it is smack in your face-a Morgan Stanley account with all of the holdings in Morgan Stanley mutual funds! The next day, we see it again. An Ameriprise client with a 35% position in one Ameriprise mutual fund!?! Ever seen the
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
Let’s face it; investment management isn’t a business that many think of dearly when discussed. It’s evident when you open the newspaper that there are some advisors out there who are making some very poor decisions and being locked away for doing so. But, of course, there are others who are doing it the “right
