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 A conversation with the &Partners Investment Team In past high-inflation periods, which asset classes beat inflation and which didn’t keep up? The &Partners Investment Team weighs in.

How can clients pass more wealth to heirs? Two of our partners explain why they think it’s wise to let financial advisors coordinate estate planning.

For generations, the traditional approach to inheritance was fairly straightforward: parents accumulated wealth throughout their lives and passed what remained to their children after they died. Increasingly, families are considering a different approach. If you’re financially secure and expect to leave money to your children someday, does it make sense to give some of it…

Most people enter retirement with a pretty good idea of what their major expenses will be. We anticipate things like housing, healthcare, and everyday living expenses.  But retirement rarely follows a perfectly predictable budget. Some of the expenses that can have the biggest impact are the easiest to overlook. Here are a few worth planning…

Estate planning often focuses on tangible assets such as real estate, investment accounts, and personal property. But today, many people also have valuable digital assets that deserve the same attention. Without a plan, loved ones may struggle to access important accounts or preserve digital property after you’re gone. Start by creating an inventory of your…

Financial Values that Grandparents Can Pass Along Grandparents leave behind more than fond memories and family traditions. You also pass along values that shape how future generations think. Through conversations, shared experiences, and everyday actions, you can help grandchildren build financial habits that last a lifetime. Here are a few values worth sharing: We take…

When the stock market drops, the instinct is to act: sell before things get worse, sit in cash until conditions stabilize, and buy back in when the dust settles. It feels logical, but it almost never works out that way. Over the years, we’ve seen this pattern repeat across a variety of investors. They might…

For decades, when someone asked, “What do you do?” the answer was easy. You were a teacher, a surgeon, an engineer, a business owner. The job was a shorthand for who you were, and you didn’t have to think much about it. Identity in retirement starts with a small but surprisingly weighty question: what do…

What are Trump Accounts (530A IRAs)? And how do these investment accounts for children compare to other, popular accounts? Our article and comparison chart explain.