Welcome to our blog. With client questions, observations and comments as inspiration, we’ve been writing about investments, markets and financial planning since we founded Atwater Malick in September of 2008. Below are links to some of our recent essays. We hope you find them educational and enjoyable.
February 22, 2021
Examples of excess liquidity and frothy capital markets abound, from the preponderance of “blank check companies” funneling capital into tech…
November 2, 2020
With a record 94 million votes cast before tomorrow’s election day, voter participation in our representative democracy appears strong. In…
October 28, 2020
Given ultra-low interest rates and lofty equity valuations, financial advisors are questioning the future of a traditional “balanced” portfolio of…
June 30, 2020
“Congratulations. I knew the record would stand until it was broken.” – Yogi Berra Behavioral finance is the crossroads of psychology…
Self-Serving, Spending and Savings
June 23, 2020
Self‐attribution bias or self‐serving attribution bias is our tendency as individuals to assign our successes to our natural gifts, such…
June 16, 2020
Today, we continue our series on behavioral finance. This is an extremely important time to look at behavioral finance because…
How to Stay the Course: 401(k) Edition
May 7, 2020
In theory, 401(k) investing should be straightforward. Young savers typically build a stock-heavy portfolio because equities have historically outperformed fixed…
Nov 03, 2023
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Oct 06, 2023