Results generally excellent, but they are backward looking and aided by tax cuts — future outlooks introduced enough uncertainty to dent a pricy, nervous stock market BY BRENDAN WAGNER, Portfolio Manager The headlines ranged from excited to euphoric to apoplectic … Read More
Kent Shaw, a portfolio manager at MONTAG, recently shared his views on the current market. BY KENT SHAW, CFA Waiting is the hardest part The correction seems to be taking longer than expected but compared to the corrections in … Read More
By STEVE WHITTINGTON, CFA In our country right now, a unique dynamic is occurring: there is a wealth transition from one generation (the baby boomers) to another (their children) that has never been seen before, both in size and scope. … Read More
BY KENT SHAW, CFA Listening to the market using Implied Revenue Growth Introduction In two prior posts, we reviewed several methods for valuing stocks and discussed the strengths and weaknesses of each one of those methods. We investigated the price-to-earnings … Read More
By BEAU MILLER The Affordable Care Act (ACA) is a law that has essentially transformed the American healthcare system. ACA impacts every US citizen and legal resident in some form or fashion. As someone who is on the front … Read More
Following the Equifax data breach in the spring of 2017, many consumers asked how this breach could potentially affect them and what precautions should be taken. As Stacey Godwin, Chief Compliance Officer for MONTAG stated in her blog post from … Read More
By CANNON SAYERS Household accounting, or bookkeeping, is a service provided to people who may be in need of getting an understanding (and control of) their household expenses, consumer debt planning, reconciliation of various household accounts or are in general … Read More
By STEVE WHITTINGTON, CFA What correlation can say about the markets The stock market, at least measured by the S&P 500, had a steady and mostly linear climb through 2017 and into 2018. However, the return of volatility was only … Read More
MONTAG portfolio manager Tom Frisbie, CFA, manages an equity selection process that involves, in part, determining whether a potential stock purchase represents a “good” business. Of course, whether a business is “good” or not is a subjective judgment, or, in other … Read More
BY KENT SHAW, CFA After a nice rebound in the market in the middle of February we have experienced three consecutive daily drops in the S&P 500 Index of 1% or more. During 2017, such declines were very rare but … Read More