by Springwater Wealth | Aug 6, 2019 | Newsletter
I’m not sure how the topic surfaced, as we six trekkers sat with our guide on rickety aluminum camp stools and enjoyed a candle-lit dinner inside a heavy canvas tent. Somehow, Dave – the 71-year-old guy from Britain – got to talking about cars. We quickly...
by Springwater Wealth | Oct 13, 2016 | Investment Management, Wealth Management
In his recent Insight column for the Financial Times, Dan McCrum described gold as “the perfect medium for pseudo-analysis”, and argued that the price of gold can never be more than fashion. Click here to read his thought-provoking piece from October 12,...
by Springwater Wealth | Mar 30, 2015 | Investment Management, Wealth Management
One of the more interesting aspects of our practice at Springwater is that we occasionally find our “investment mood” at odds with that of our prospective clients. So it is context of managing (prospective) client expectations that we share with you below...
by Springwater Wealth | Sep 24, 2014 | Investment Management, Services, Wealth Management
Last week, California Public Employees’ Retirement System (CalPERS), the largest pension fund in the US, announced that it would pull all $4 billion from its hedge fund investment program of 24 hedge funds and six hedge “fund-of-funds”. CalPERS was one of...
by Springwater Wealth | Feb 17, 2014 | Investment Management
According to Bloomberg News, hedge funds returned an average of 7.4% in 2013, marking the fifth straight year of under-performance versus the broad stock market. You can read the entire January 7, 2014 Bloomberg article here.
