Is Your Financial House in Order?

by George Clarke on
 


Having your financial life organized can be a Zen-like experience.  You can almost see a calmness come over clients when they sit with you to review their newly prepared comprehensive Financial Plan.  Sure, there are usually many To Do’s and/or decisions that will still need to be made to optimize...

Timing the Market may sound like a savvy investment strategy. You know, sell just before the next big decline to protect your unrealized gains and avoid losses, then jump back in just when the Market hits the bottom so you can ride the gravy train back up. That strategy seldom works for several...

2020 Investor Outlook

by George T. Clarke on

By George T. Clarke, CPA/PFS, MSF

January 15, 2020 - Happy New Year! What a difference a year makes. Just over a year ago the stock market was plunging and came perilously close to ending what has become the longest bull market ever recorded. In December 2018, dropping stocks were suggesting an...

What If...

by George T. Clarke on

I was recently sitting in the baggage claim of Boston's Logan Airport waiting for my son’s plane to arrive from Denver when a simple airport rendezvous turned into an unexpected rescue mission of sorts.

While I was waiting, an elderly woman approached asking if she could borrow a phone to call her...

Thank You for the ULTIMATE Service

by Chrissy McCormack on

Memorial Day:  A day when the United States mourns those members who died in active military service.

How do you honor the men and women of our country who paid the ultimate sacrifice for our freedom? Well, if you live in Cohasset, you have three days of events honoring and memorializing those who...

No, I’m not talking about Disney World; but rather the Natick Outdoor Store; a sporting goods store outside Boston.  My son is building a canoe as part of a high school project, for which he is thrilled as he loves to fish.  For our household the challenge of owning a canoe is the minor detail of...