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Endowment

What Is an Endowment?   According to Investopedia, an endowment is a donation of money or property to a nonprofit organization, which uses the resulting investment income for a specific…

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Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion 101

Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion 101 As seen in Harvard Business Review:  DOUG MELVILLE: Diversity and inclusion is like an operating system. Everyone’s brain is their hard drive, but we have…

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Simplified Employee Pension (SEP)

What Is a Simplified Employee Pension (SEP)?   According to Investopedia, a simplified employee pension (SEP) is an individual retirement account (IRA) that an employer or a self-employed person can establish.…

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Differences Between SRIs and ESGs

According to Yahoo Finance, Socially Responsible Investing and Environmental, Social and Governance Investing have both risen in popularity among socially conscious investors. Learn the basics of each, how they differ…

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Keep Calm and Carry On

Keep Calm and Carry On   “Keep calm and carry on.” This often-used saying was originally coined on a British poster developed in 1939 to prepare the British people for…

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Q1 2021 Insights

The continued recovery from the Covid recession translated into strong returns for global equity markets and negative returns for bonds in the first quarter.  The “risk-on” reflation trade is under…

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Q4 2020 Insights

To say 2020 was a challenging year would be a major understatement, and to say it was unprecedented has become cliché.  We were all tested last year.  Some of us…

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