Current Perspectives

By Michael Donahoe​

By Michael Donahoe​

As a doctor, you work hard to save lives and make the world a better place. You’ve spent years dedicating and honing your craft. But long workdays and a complex financial situation means you often put retirement planning on the back burner as you deal with more pressing matters. 

As global markets continue their roller coaster ride due to fears surrounding the coronavirus, our most recent bull market officially turned into a bear market. But what does that mean? And are we on the verge of another recession like the one we had in 2008?

The financial markets took a big dip early this week over fears about the spreading coronavirus, erasing gains from earlier this year. After the Dow lost over 800 points on Tuesday, it was down a total of 1,900 points in two days. 

By Michael Donahoe​

We just completed the final quarter, not only of the year, but also of the decade.  This is a good time to reflect back on the market behavior of the past year, and also for the past ten years.  The short version is that we have experienced a bull market for the entire 10 year period, with no -20% bear market periods and only a few -10% corrections since June 2009.  This seems hi

By Michael Donahoe​

Are you ready for retirement? That seems like such a simple question to answer, but you and I both know that it isn’t. How do you even know when you’re ready?

By Michael Donahoe​

By Michael Donahoe​

Over the last three months we have experienced a lot of economic, political, and market uncertainty. Naturally, this has been accompanied by market volatility.  While Q3 2019 investor returns were mostly flat by quarter end, there was a lot of movement during the quarter – most notably a plummet at the beginning of August.