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Interview Series: Top 5 Questions from our Clients

Interview Series: Top 5 Questions from our Clients

In this interview, our CEO Larry Hood and CIO Jim Ayres talk about the top 5 questions that clients are asking them during these strange and different times.

Questions from us include:

  • How to evaluate risk inside a portfolio?

  • What is our firm's investment outlook for 2021?

  • What are our views on real estate right now in general, and what would we recommend to people looking to buy or sell?

  • What advice do we give to people looking to retire or sell a business?

  • How will the new administration impact taxes?

  • What is the worst investment of 2021? Watch the interview to find out!

This video presentation may discuss certain investment products and/or securities and is being provided for informational purposes only, and should not be considered, and is not, investment, financial planning, tax or legal advice; nor is it a recommendation to buy or sell any securities. Investing in securities involves varying degrees of risk, and there can be no assurance that any specific investment will be profitable or suitable for a particular client’s financial situation or risk tolerance. Past performance is not a guarantee of future returns. Individual performance results will vary.

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Some of you may already be familiar with the work of psychologist and popular TED talker Angela Duckworth on the concept of grit, which she refers to as “passion and perseverance for very long-term goals;” the dictionary, meanwhile, defines grit more broadly as an ability to display courage and resolve in the face of challenge.

From a pragmatic, “big picture” perspective, this could easily be making reference to the entire process of investing; certainly, this long-term practice we are pursuing together requires a healthy degree of grit from which to draw the courage, conviction, and discipline to prudently grow our clients’ wealth in pursuit of their – of your – most important long-term goals.

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