Kristin Poole

Impact Investing: Aligning Values with Investments

With the recent ad campaign that highlights Colin Kaepernick, we can see a continuing pattern of large corporations’ increasing involvement in social issues. In 2017 we saw Audi’s Super Bowl commercial in support of equal pay for women; in ’16, Target’s decision to offer transgender-inclusive bathroom access in all its stores; in ’15, Chick-fil-A’s stance against catering for a same-sex…

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Matt Mercer

Veterans: You May Be Eligible for a Tax Refund

If you’re one of the 130,000 combat-injured veterans whose disability severance pay was taxed between 1991 and 2016, a recent letter from the Department of Defense could be informing you that you may be eligible for a refund. This is the result of the Combat-Injured Veterans Tax Fairness Act of 2016 which allows veterans the opportunity to file an amendment…

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Krilogy Financial

Investment Committee & IA Department News, 2018 Volume Two

Strong Earnings Mixed with Trade Conflict Concerns Markets remained volatile in the second quarter of 2018, as a series of political and geopolitical events caused temporary pullbacks in stocks. But in contrast to the first quarter, U.S. economic growth and corporate earnings reminded investors of still-strong economic and market fundamentals. Subsequently, the major U.S. stock indexes were able to finish…

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Krilogy Financial

The Push-Pull Between Strong Earnings and Higher Rates – 2018 Volume One

It’s hard denying that 2017 was a record-setting year for the S&P 500 from various perspectives. Of note, every month experienced a positive return for the first time since 1928. Not only was this historic feat accomplished in the face of what seemed to be plenty of headline risk, but it was done so with historically low volatility. Specifically, the…

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Krilogy Financial

Investment Committee & IA Department News – 4th Quarter 2017

Late Cycle “Reflation” and What it Means Last quarter we speculated as to whether or not corporate earnings would play catch up or if the gap between the price of the S&P 500 and the Earnings Per Share (EPS) growth for the S&P 500 would continue to widen. Well, given the continued resilience of the stock market, the gap has…

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Krilogy Financial

Investment Committee & IA Department News – 3rd Quarter 2017

Stocks vs. Bonds and What Matters Most We continue to find ourselves in the second longest bull market since World War II and the second most expensive in the same period.2 However, that doesn’t mean it can’t last, as it’s also been one of the slowest bull markets, from a growth perspective. There has been plenty of discussion in the…

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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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Matt Haywood

The Top Five Questions to Ask Your Retirement Plan Advisor

An employer sponsored retirement plan provides a great benefit for every company, serving as an added perk for attracting and retaining good talent. It’s also an immense responsibility, and if not managed properly, can become a liability. That’s why it’s important to work with an advisor who has your best interest at heart and has the experience you need to…

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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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