Is it Time to Shoot the Moon?
Politics and Populism in 2020: How Will This Impact the Markets?
What Can Nature Teach Us About the Markets
“A long summer always meant a long winter to come.” – George R. R. Martin The daffodils started blooming early this year. It was unseasonably warm, and I rushed out to take pictures before the inevitable cold snap took out the blooms. It was a flash of color against an otherwise colorless backdrop and an early preview […]
Why Isn’t Winning More Fun?
“We don’t have to be smarter than the rest; we have to be more disciplined than the rest.” -Warren Buffett Being a sports fan, I like many others, have been starved for the excitement of watching champions at work: Watching a crushing hit, a spectacular goal or an amazing play that many others may not […]
Who Doesn’t Want More Ice Cream?
Franklin providing more services as Fee Only Advisor. My oldest daughter, Sydney is now a teenager in high school. Jack and Walker both seem to be growing up too quickly as well. But they are not too old to still LOVE Ice Cream. We cannot keep ice cream, cookies or sweets of any kind in […]
Passing on the Savings
You’ve likely noticed all the ads for brokerage custodian firms rapidly slashing the cost of trades to zero on some of their most popular items, notably stocks and exchange-traded funds (ETFs). At Franklin Wealth Management, we had already negotiated with our two custodian firms, TD Ameritrade and LPL Financial to reduce costs for our clients. […]
Reach Out and Touch Someone
Nothing Can Replace Meeting Face to Face Growing up in the 1970s and 1980s, I remember the old commercials that promoted keeping up with family and other loved ones. The commercials were designed to inspire us to grow closer together through the use of the telephone. When my grandparents were still living, we would talk […]
Reasons to Celebrate
The Franklin wealth Team (above) of Innovative Advisory Partners is proud to be acknowledged by Forbes as one of the best advisory firms in the state of Tennessee. Last week, Robert Pragnell and I attended an LPL conference in Florida rewarding its top advisors. I was looking forward to some time spent learning about upcoming […]
What’s The Best Benchmark?
For those clients who attended our most recent Forecast event, Jeff Weniger, CFA and Market Strategist for Wisdom-Tree was most entertaining. Our thinking continues to be very similar and I thought I’d share some of his recent reflections. Jeff recently wrote, “There are 34-year-olds who have been in the business for 12 years and haven’t seen […]
Where are the Buyers?
THE MARKET HATES UNCERTAINTY There are plenty of Sellers out there who are concerned about the upcoming election, trade wars, rising interest rates and the like. As one market commentator put it last week, “The perfect storm was caused by a trifecta of news. First, China wanted to hurt the U.S., defend its currency (the […]