WHAT IS A CYCLICAL STOCK? By STEVE WHITTINGTON, CFA Quick, what is the oldest pop song you know? Most people may not realize this, but the 1892 song “Daisy Bell” (most famously covered by Nat King Cole) is actually identified … Read More
By BRUCE R. STEINFELD, ESQ. Divorce has been called “the psychological equivalent of a triple coronary bypass.”1 Many believe that lawyers are largely to blame for the enormous psychological and financial damage caused by the divorce process. That’s not surprising, … Read More
BY THOMAS FRISBIE, CFA In April, the Congressional Budget Office released its “Budget and Economic Outlook”, which included 10-year projections on the size of the federal budget deficit. The report somberly predicted that, following passage of Donald Trump’s tax cuts, the … Read More
BY BEN HARRIS, CFA Much has been written and discussed about US trade wars and tariffs – what might be the impact on our economy (or parts of it) – and how trade wars might impact equity markets. First, let’s … Read More
BY RANDY LOVING, CFA The question that every investor needs to ask when looking through data or reviewing a company is “am I more bullish or more bearish from having read this?” Over the past few weeks we learned that … Read More
BY KENT SHAW, CFA While we spend our professional time thinking about investments for your portfolios at MONTAG, portfolio managers are people too, and we look forward to spending time with our families like anyone else. Indeed, summer is upon … Read More
By MONTAG Last week, our friends over at Charles Schwab put out this piece on market volatility, after the Italian president made some political (and financial) waves by vetoing a finance minister and sparked concern that the country could leave the … Read More
BY BILL LEE, DIRECTOR OF MARKETING OPERATIONS The investing public is bombarded with conflicting messages from a variety of financial services firms, making it difficult to sort things out among the noise. Especially targeted by these firms are wealthy individuals, … Read More
BY STACEY GODWIN, CHIEF COMPLIANCE OFFICER If you’re a MONTAG client, you recently received notification about our annual Form ADV update. If you’re not a client, you may be wondering what in the world an ADV is. The Form ADV … Read More
By STEVE WHITTINGTON, CFA Getting to the point, and being clear, matters when relaying information to clients. Sure, you want your portfolio manager to be able to explain their investments, market movement, and other “difficult math” when asked, but you … Read More