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.
July 10, 2026
One of the most frequent questions we receive from clients is about the wisdom of purchasing investment properties. In these…
The Efficiency of Total Return Investing
June 17, 2026
It is common for investors to mentally bifurcate a portfolio into “income” (dividends and interest) and “growth” (price appreciation). However,…
August 4, 2025
We have all come across financial information online, but much of it is inaccurate, unhelpful, or even created to lure…
April 21, 2025
The market is damaged, and it has a lot of work to do to repair that damage. To better understand…
February 6, 2025
In his book, Adventures in the Screen Trade, William Goldwyn, of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) fame, wrote that “Nobody knows anything…… Not…
July 27, 2023
We continue to see and hear about a variety of frauds that can impact clients. These cons are increasingly convincing,…
June 30, 2023
“Most things I worry about Never happen anyway” Tom Petty, Crawling Back to You “Stay the course” is…
Jul 28, 2026
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Jun 17, 2026