Stacy Flanagin

Women, You’re Better at Investing than You Think

It still happens quite frequently. I meet with a man and woman to create or review their financial plan and find that the man is doing most of the talking while the woman remains silent. Perhaps it’s a married couple in which the husband has taken control of the family finances, or maybe it’s a single female professional who has…

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Krilogy Financial

Investment Committee & IA Department News – 2nd Quarter 2017

ASSET ALLOCATION AND MANAGING RISK Is it any wonder we see the significant rise in “passive” investing, or indexing, when only 19% of large cap managers outperformed their benchmark in 2016? Further, I’m sure it’s not too surprising that we saw record inflows into passive strategies during the first quarter this year in both equity and fixed income. In 2016,…

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Krilogy Financial

Investment Committee & IA Department News – February 2017

Fear the Consensus? As we transition into 2017, it’s fair to say that 2016 was a test in fortitude as it relates to investing, a year littered with skepticism and uncertainty. After experiencing a sell-off at the beginning of the year of over 11% in the S&P 500, as well as volatility around the Brexit vote in June to name…

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Krilogy Financial

Investment Committee & IA Department News – November 2016

BREAKOUT OR BREAKDOWN? With the S&P 500 having spent the last 3 months in a tight 3% trading range, the question on the mind of many investors relates to the direction that this range-bound market ends up moving in and how a Trump Presidency may influence it. Prior to the election outcome, very few had the stated expectation that the…

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Krilogy Financial

Investment Committee & IA Department News – August 2016

New all-time highs for the S&P 500, so what’s next? As we advance through the 3rd quarter of 2016, we have seen a broad-based consistency in returns amongst many asset classes this year, which starkly contrasts to what we, as investors, had experienced in 2015, when virtually nothing seemed to work. In a somewhat refreshing change, the historically higher beta…

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John McArthur

Your Money and Your Legacy; How “Legacy Thinking” Can Enrich Your Life

What does a legacy look like? “Legacy” is defined in different ways. Some of the most common dictionary sources cite definitions similar to this: leg•a•cy – something (such as property or money) that is received from someone who has died. We at Krilogy have a different viewpoint. You probably do, too. Our clients often see their legacy as being partly…

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Krilogy Financial

Investment Committee & IA Department News – May 2016

Just a growth scare or prelude to something bigger? The S&P 500 is up over 200% from the March 2009 lows and this bull market currently trades just shy of 17x forward earnings and is 7 years into the cycle. However, we know bull markets don’t die of old age or from what are reasonable, yet higher, valuation levels. As…

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Krilogy Financial

Investment Committee & IA Department News – February 2016

Assessing the Total Picture As Ray Dalio, founder of the world’s largest hedge fund, recently stated at the World Economic Forum in Davos, “the problem last year (in 2015) is that almost all asset classes in the world went down in value. That can’t go on too long without producing a depression.” While we believe that a depression, or even…

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Kristin Fomon

Why Women Need to Invest More and Plan Smarter for Retirement

A generation or two ago, women were not usually the decision makers in family finances, and may not have even been part of the conversation. Today, more women than ever are the breadwinners in our homes, and do initiate the financial talks in our families. Even though we are carrying this financial responsibility, we are generally not as bold or…

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Krilogy Financial

Investment Committee & IA Department News – November 2015

Market Comments After wrapping up an extremely volatile third quarter, in large part due to concerns over slowing growth out of China, we’re generally encouraged as we work our way through earnings season in the U.S in Q4 2015. Specifically, we’re hearing management from U.S. companies discuss the relative strength of the U.S. economy. We’re reminded that North America represents…

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