The Joy of Christmas at our Home

Christmas for our kids has changed a little bit over the years.  It’s still time to decorate the house and the tree, eat lots of cookies & sweets and spend time with loved ones.  We are enjoying seeing them grow up, but we don’t want it to be too quickly.  We still want to cherish […]

Seeing Past the Headlines

RATES RISE AGAIN Ever since Jerome Powell took over as Chairman of the Federal Reserve, U.S. Markets have reacted shakily.  The day he took over on February 5th of this year, markets sold off dramatically and the markets suddenly changed from incredibly calm under Yellen to increadibly volatile under Powell.  Today our Federal Reserve Chair […]

Tax Strategies for Year End – So Even Louie the Loser can Win!

With the end of the year rapidly approaching, there are many clients who are asking what they should be doing now to save on taxes before time runs out and we enter 2019. Even with the markets currently down for many stock indices, some clients may end up paying capital gains taxes on long term […]