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.
September 26, 2022
We have an old Wall Street Journal comic that a client gave us. It depicts a middle-aged man in a…
September 23, 2022
It has been yet another rough week for financial markets. Frankly, it has been a lousy year all around. Stocks…
July 12, 2022
We had a nice reprieve over the last week, but the bear market persists. We know bear markets are inevitable….
June 13, 2022
When financial markets become tumultuous, many investors look to take action. Some sell stocks, planning to reenter the market when…
June 8, 2022
The bubble has burst. Like all bubbles that burst, the baby gets thrown out with the bathwater. It has been…
June 2, 2022
“The waiting is the hardest part / Every day you see one more card / You take it on faith,…
Roth Conversions – 2022 Edition
May 23, 2022
As long-term investors, we must occasionally suffer through bouts of volatility and steep equity losses. The tradeoff is that stocks…