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Financial Planning Articles
Invitation: How to Talk Money With Your Family
For many of us, money is a taboo subject within the family. But financial conversations can also be important and even necessary. What do existing estate plans look like? Do older generations intend to contribute to grandkids’ college or wedding bills or give everything to charity? Do family elders have enough to support themselves without family assistance? Do we need to add “financial support to parents” to our own financial plan?
Inflation! Recession! Market Volatility! OH MY! How do we handle scary economic news?
The news – coming at us from every channel, broadcast, blog, or tweet – can sound scary and grim. Inflation, potential recession, rapidly rising interest rates, the wildly gyrating stock market … It’s enough to make us want to tune out the news completely or throw our investment statements in the shredder unopened.
Last Week in Review – July 8, 2022
Last Week In ReviewLast week’s stocks erased much of the previous week’s losses on optimism that the Federal Reserve will be able to curb inflation without tipping the economy into a recession. The gains pulled the S&P 500 Index out of “bear market” territory,...
Global Market Commentary – May 2022
A turbulent month for markets ended almost where they started, as global equities eked out a 0.12% return in May. The MSCI All-Country World Index is down 12.83%YTD and is off to its worst five-month start since MSCI included its Emerging Markets category in 1998. In...
Global Market Commentary – April 2022
Global equities tumbled 8.00% in April to bring their YTD return down to -12.94%, the second worst 4-month start to a year in the history of the MSCI All-Country World Index (lagging only the 2020 Coronavirus outbreak by a half of a basis point). Risk assets fell in...
Everything You Wanted to Know About the Stock Market But Were Afraid to Ask
Join Perigon for our next Women's Conversation Circle. BY: Rachel Elson, Mary Ballin, Andrea Hamilton, and Anne SappDate: Thursday, February 24, 2022Where: Online via Zoom – we'll send out a conference link the week of the circleTime: 4:00pm – 5:30pm Pacific TimeRSVP:...
Considering Our Solo Future – From a Place of Strength
By Andrea HamiltonWe hosted a fascinating Women’s Conversation Circle last week, with a diverse group of women tackling the subject of solo aging.If you're a woman in the United States, there's a good chance you'll be on your own in your later years. Women who are...
What We Learned at Perigon’s First Women’s Circle
By Mary Ballin, Andrea Hamilton and Rachel ElsonWhy do we believe what we do about money? And when is it appropriate – or important – to revise those beliefs?That was the topic when Perigon hosted its first Women's Conversation Circle this month. We've created these...
Perigon’s Rachel Elson discusses investing and planning for retirement with Ilyce Glink, CEO of Best Money Moves.
The world of investments can seem confusing, but making smart choices will help you build wealth, especially in uncertain times. Host Ilyce Glink, CEO of Best Money Moves, speaks with financial expert Rachel Elson, associate financial planner with Perigon Wealth...
Arthur Ambarik and Rachel Elson on Steve Sanduski’s “Between Now and Success” podcast
Our own Arthur Ambarik and Rachel Elson join Steve Sandusky on his "Between Now and Success" podcast. Steve's Key Takeaway: In order to make you and your services major players in your client’s financial narrative: Do what other advisors don’t. Find those pain...
Investors Hit the Panic Button: Best Practices for Approaching Today’s Volatility
BY DAVID HALE, CFP®
What’s the right thing to do now for Investors? Perigon’s David Hale thinks there is no one-size-fits-all response.