New York, July 7, 2020 – Wealthspire Advisors, an NFP company and independent investment advisor, today announced the launch of their Outsourced CIO services to RIAs serving sophisticated clients. Smaller advisor firms are now able to engage Wealthspire Advisors for customized investment services, including due diligence, investment product selection and other forms of case support. Outsourced CIO clients will receive a customized suite of research support based on firm goals and needs. They will also have access to key tools, including routinely updated model portfolios, capital market assumptions, manager due diligence, and case support for large clients and prospects. Clients…
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Stock markets have been on an uncomfortable ride in 2020, leaving open a great deal of confusion and many questions as to what happened and what comes next. While we don’t know with any certainty what comes next, we are beginning to understand what happened and why markets have responded so strongly since March 23rd. This year has once again reminded us that stock market volatility is a basic axiom of investing. Although it may disappear for long stretches and the collective of investors are lulled into a sense of boredom, volatility inevitably returns at an unexpected time and in…
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The spread of Covid-19 has been referred to as a “black swan” event by some, meaning an occurrence with potentially severe consequences that were unpredictable. The consequences have certainly been severe with disruption to jobs, schools, and everyday life (though health experts would argue whether this was unpredictable). The first quarter of 2020 saw a nearly 35% market drop from the all-time highs of February, in a matter of weeks. The volatility index, or VIX, sometimes referred to as the “fear index” shot through the roof. In the short-term, the U.S. economy, along with many others across the globe, has…
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After equity markets plummeted during the onset of the Coronavirus pandemic, they seem to have staged a modest comeback in the past 2 months. Chris Maxey of our Investment Team discusses the reasons why in this edition of Chartology. May 2020 Chartology from Wealthspire Advisors on Vimeo. We're back with Chartology and we want to talk about the equity markets this year. It's been a strange and wild ride that we've been on for the better part of a couple months now, and we want to talk about why that is. So, the first thing you see here is what's…
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Stimulus, State Bankruptcy, and History-making Market Days - our team covers this and more in our newest Market Recap. Watch the full video here. Spring 2020 Market Recap from Wealthspire Advisors on Vimeo. Wealthspire Advisors is the common brand and trade name used by Sontag Advisory LLC and Wealthspire Advisors, LP, separate registered investment advisers and subsidiary companies of NFP Corp. This information should not be construed as a recommendation, offer to sell, or solicitation of an offer to buy a particular security or investment strategy. The commentary provided is for informational purposes only and should not be relied…
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It’s been proven that a well-diversified portfolio can be crucial in attaining long-term financial goals – spreading your investments across asset classes balances the risk and reward inherent to any one specific asset. However, if your current or previous benefits package includes company stock, you may find that this creates a concentrated position in your portfolio, a risk that could potentially derail your financial plan. While concentrated stock can generate significant wealth for a successful company’s executives and employees, it also brings added risk to their financial plans. An investment plan that lowers your risk profile while maximizing returns must…
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There is no way to cover everything in one letter. There never is. Many of you have likely read enough about coronavirus at this point to exercise every last rational and irrational fear you already harbored. Instead, we want to provide context on the situation while also highlighting where common parallels fail. In this letter: A rush for the exits drains liquidity from most equity and fixed income markets resulting in a rapid and significant sell-off that rivals some of the worst we have witnessed in the past 100 years. A global pandemic ends one of the longest economic recoveries…
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