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.
April 6, 2020
History doesn’t repeat itself, but it often rhymes. Although the present crisis is unprecedented in so many ways, a review…
April 2, 2020
Markets are impossible to predict because they look ahead. The collective wisdom of millions of investors has an uncanny ability…
March 27, 2020
As long-term investors, we must occasionally suffer through bouts of volatility and steep short-term equity losses. The trade-off is that…
March 23, 2020
The news gets worse by the minute. Second quarter gross domestic product is set to drop by more than 25%;…
March 19, 2020
On January 17, 2020, Barron’s, a weekly investment tabloid, ran a cover story entitled “The Method Behind the Melt-Up: Why the…
March 16, 2020
As the coronavirus pandemic continues to unfold, panic is increasingly setting in among Americans. But panic alone will not help,…
Don’t Touch Your Face (or Your Stock Portfolio)
March 12, 2020
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is urging Americans to take simple steps to control the spread…
Apr 06, 2020
Apr 02, 2020
Mar 27, 2020