Informed Opinion
By Anthony LaMacchia ·
Noticing the Invisible Hand at Work
This morning I stopped for gas near my home in Grandview. Nothing eventful, just a normal Monday in August. But while I stood there with the pump handle in my hand, I…
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By Dan LaMacchia ·
Good News Is Bad News: Reading Friday’s Market Drop
You may have seen the headlines on Friday. The market had its sharpest one-day decline in some time, and the press made the most of it. It wasn’t even approaching a 4%…
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By Dan LaMacchia ·
Putting the Iran Conflict and Recent Volatility in Perspective
To help Put You At Ease, here’s my brief, data-driven view of what the current conflict involving Iran may mean for our thinking over the next few weeks and months. My goal…
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By Anthony LaMacchia ·
Comparing Apples to Apples: How We Benchmark Performance
As an independent Registered Investment Adviser (RIA), one of our core responsibilities is making sure that when we compare performance, it is done accurately, fairly, and in a way that truly reflects…
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By Dan LaMacchia ·
The Wall of Worry
How can it be that while around half of the country apparently feels as if the wheels are about to come off the bus economically, geopolitically, socially, and politically, the stock market…
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By Anthony LaMacchia ·
Americans Keep Flying High
One of my favorite industries to watch is the airline industry. Many people see flying as something done occasionally for vacations or weddings, but the American economy would not survive as we…
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By Dan LaMacchia ·
Stay Busy
Beethoven’s greatest symphony, Verdi’s greatest opera, and Wagner’s Ring Cycle were all composed in the twilight of life. Stay busy. My older brother, John, has officially become the “crazy uncle” of the…
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“Even if You’re on the Right Track, You’ll Get Run Over If You Just Sit There”
Get Busy. In any endeavor, stasis has a way of robbing motivation and desire even as it suppresses optimism. Movement creates motivation and motion towards a goal. Even when the correct path…
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Looking Differently
“Discovery of a solution consists of looking at the same thing as everyone else and thinking something different.” – Albert Szent-Györgyi A client once said told me that I should have “On…
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Wednesday Wisdom: “Dan’s Way”
“The person who says it cannot be done should not interrupt the person doing it.” – George Bernard Shaw I grew up in a renovator’s house. My father was an executive by…
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