The goal of BWFA’s summer program is to provide guidance, educational opportunities and real life experience to our interns. While we aim to make the experience as meaningful as possible for them, we too gain so much from our time together. It has been such a pleasure working with our summer interns over the years, […]
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What About 1968?
In the most recent June 2020 BWFA Advisor magazine, I wrote, “What a Difference 100 Years Makes…or Does It?”. In the article, I drew comparison to today’s pandemic with the Spanish Flu pandemic of 1918. What we saw is, despite the unimaginable human suffering and death, the stock market found its bottom and subsequently moved […]
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6 Wellness Lessons from The Waltons
I’ve admittedly been feeling a bit reflective lately. Perhaps this stems from the slower pace fostered by the recent shelter in place orders or perhaps I’m simply contemplating life a bit more these days. In keeping with this frame of mind, I’ve found myself revisiting a favorite TV series from my childhood, The Waltons. The […]
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What a Difference 100 Years Makes… Or Not?
What can the 1918 influenza pandemic, the so-called “Spanish Flu”, teach us about how the markets have responded to current health concerns—and also how to act accordingly? There has been a “protracted discounting” of the market and the underlying value of the stocks since the highs in mid-February 2020. The stock market once again continues […]