Minneapolis, MN — All Star Financial announces the addition of Samuel Sexton, as a Senior Wealth Manager. As a Senior Wealth Manager, Samuel will be providing clients with comprehensive wealth management services such as retirement planning, investment management, tax planning,…
Many individuals and families find quantitative and qualitative benefits to contributing to non-profit organizations. Although the tax benefits have changed for some taxpayers due to the new tax reform that goes into effect in 2018, charitable contributions will continue to…
Dear Clients & Friends, We wanted to send you a quick note as we live through another historic day in the story of our global economy. The global reaction to the BREXIT decision (U.K.’s referendum to leave the European Union)…
China’s Sell Off Not a sign of worsening economy, a better opportunity because of fear! Waking up on Monday morning with the knowledge that the Chinese market was reeling (-7% to -8%) and affecting all markets around the world, was…
Last week the U.S. economy finally recovered all the jobs lost in the worst recession since the Depression. Last month 138.5 million Americans were working, exceeding the 138.4 million working during December 2007, the first month of the recession. It…
This is the Thanksgiving time of year when we join together as a nation to pause and give thanks for all our blessings. Investors have a lot to be thankful for this year. Despite a slow and uneven economic recovery,…
As you look at your current quarterly reports you will notice an under performance in all four of our model portfolios relative to the domestic markets and the risk adjusted returns. This under performance is due to our emerging markets…
This week is the one year anniversary of the rating downgrade of U.S. government debt. America had AAA rating for over 70 years, and last year's downgrade brought warnings from many that the interest rates on U.S. government debt would…
I recently viewed a news report on the economic troubles in Europe. This report focused on Spain’s economy, how it’s housing market remained in steep decline, unemployment was 24%, close to 50% unemployment among youth, and how despite having above…