by Springwater Wealth | Jun 1, 2020 | Financial Planning, Investment Management, Newsletter, Wealth Management
Protests sweep the country in the aftermath of the murder of George Floyd This past weekend was marked by demonstrations, protests and riots in major cities across the country. The trigger was the death of George Floyd, a black man who died in police custody in...
by Springwater Wealth | May 29, 2020 | Financial Planning, Investment Management, Newsletter, Wealth Management
A airline passenger has her temperature checked at check-in The events in Minneapolis overshadow everything this week. Protests, some of them violet, have broken out in a number of American cities in response to the killing of George Floyd by a police officer. We...
by Springwater Wealth | May 26, 2020 | Financial Planning, Investment Management, Newsletter, Wealth Management
An early summer morning at Meek’s Bay on Lake Tahoe As we come out of the Memorial Day weekend and head into the summer months, we seem to be living in two worlds. Much of the nation remains shuttered, in an effort to combat the novel coronavirus. Schools are...
by Springwater Wealth | May 22, 2020 | Financial Planning, Investment Management, Newsletter, Wealth Management
Memorial Day is Monday, May 25 The Markets Both the Dow Jones Industrial Average and the broader S&P 500 Index traded within a relatively narrow range on Wednesday and Thursday this week. As we write this just after the market open, both indices are again showing...
by Springwater Wealth | May 20, 2020 | Financial Planning, Investment Management, Newsletter, Wealth Management
Nobel laureate and University of Chicago finance professor Gene Fama The market continues to process information and assign value to investments. This is exactly what markets should do, but it’s much more challenging when we’re in the midst of a global crisis. While...
by Springwater Wealth | May 18, 2020 | Financial Planning, Investment Management, Newsletter, Wealth Management
A microscopic view of the novel coronavirus The Economy Federal Reserve chair Jay Powell has warned that a full US economic recovery may take until the end of next year and require the development of a Covid-19 vaccine. Mr. Powell said last week that “additional...
