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.
October 14, 2021
The stock market volatility this fall reminds us of the churn in the spring of 2018, but still far below…
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,…
May 20, 2021
As we see a broad-based pullback in asset markets, the go-to explanation among experts is the current inflation scare. We…
May 14, 2021
Markets are spooked about the threat of accelerating inflation. Equity market volatility spiked this week following reports that both the…
January 28, 2021
Over the last week, it seems like everyone is talking about GameStop (GME), a brick and mortar video game retailer. In…
May 11, 2020
Since the S&P 500’s near-term bottom on March 23rd, the index has risen by 31.25%, including dividends, recouping much of…
Mar 21, 2024
Feb 27, 2024