Dylan B. Minor PhD, MS, CFP®, ChFC, CLU Chief Strategist and Chief Investment Officer “I can never suppose this country so far lost to all ideas of self-importance as to be willing to grant America independence; if that could ever…
Dylan B. Minor PhD, MS, CFP®, ChFC, CLU, CIMA Chief Strategist and Chief Investment Officer Apparently, there is a greater chance that a massive asteroid will collide into earth in the year 2032 than we will win the lottery, according…
Dylan B. Minor PhD, CFP®, ChFC, CLU, CIMA® Chief Strategist and CIO With the exciting beginning of the New Year (see my special commentary here), it is easy to forget about of all of the excitement that we had…
Dylan B. Minor PhD, MS, CFP®, ChFC, CLU, CIMA® Chief Strategist and CIO Looking back at 2015 from the close of the year, it doesn’t seem like much happened last year: many investments had close to a zero return.…
1/8/2016 Happy New Year! After we enjoyed a Santa Barbara-like weather holiday in Boston this year, Winter has finally arrived! Similarly, many stock markets have started the year with a chill. Some market pundits have already begun to ask if…
A Correction or a Catastrophe 9-1-15 WEB VERSION
Dylan B. Minor PhD, MS, CFP, ChFC, CLU, CIMA “Βοήθα με να σε βοηθώ ν’ ανεβούμε το βουνό.” I think the phrase “It’s all Greek to me!” captures nicely this past quarter: everything was about Greece and it wasn’t always…
“What is the difference between a taxidermist and a tax collector? The taxidermist takes only your skin.” Mark Twain Most of us should have filed our taxes by now. And I’m afraid for many that 2014 was even more…
Dylan B. Minor PhD, MS, CFP®, ChFC, CLU, CIMA Chief Investment Officer, Omega Financial Group “[I feel] taller.” Steve Rogers’ response after his transformation, from the film Captain America: The First Avenger The new-normal seems to mean that we are…
Dylan B. Minor PhD, MS, CFP, ChFC, CLU, CIMA “How come stocks always fall in the Fall?” Caroline Minor My wife, Caroline, recently asked me the following question: “How come stocks always seem to fall in the Fall, and,…