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.
May 10, 2022
The current economic environment has shades of the 1970s. Much like today, the 1970s economy saw high energy prices, persistent…
April 29, 2022
In a recent academic paper, Alex Domash and Larry Summers pointed out that since 1955 there have been eight instances…
November 5, 2021
“Congratulations. I knew the record would stand until it was broken.” – Yogi Berra Hindsight bias is a misconception arising…
October 19, 2021
With inflation heating up and bond yields still paltry, some are again questioning the use of fixed income (bonds) in…
October 6, 2021
In the world of investing, “indexing” is an overused, ambiguous and nonspecific word. Investopedia defines indexing as “the adjustment of…
September 21, 2021
In the post-World War II years, volatility in U.S. equity markets has served to push fragile money out of stocks,…
September 3, 2021
The market is expensive, yet stocks have nevertheless been trending ever higher . . . for many years! Back in…
May 23, 2022
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May 12, 2022