Apr 2021
A year ago around mid-Mar financial markets reached their low points as investors’ thinking was fearful … Today (end April 2021) financial markets are optimistic … are we really back to “Normal?” An emerging recovery (pdf)
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Financial markets and hence portfolio returns are unpredictable. But two life-events are not: your retirement and taxes. Luckily, you can improve your odds of more retirement funds and take advantage of tax laws by contributing to your IRA by mid-April. Making IRA Contributions (pdf)
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On habits, Taxes and other things we control which can help improve your financial well-being. The Tax man cometh – Any silver lining? (pdf)
read more...Jan 2021
2020 was a remarkable year, which most wish to forget. The Financial markets did well, but for the rest of life, the year tested us severely. 2020 a year to forget – Annual Market Review
read more...Dec 2020
Planning trumps Prediction. As we have experienced during 2020, threats like the Pandemic, election uncertainties, supply chain disruptions, the hacking of the US Government etc., make portfolio returns unpredictable. Not only are these market movements unpredictable, they are things you cannot control. Yet investors spend a lot of time worrying about the market. But, there […]
read more...Oct 2020
U.S. Equity markets are at high levels; it’s economy is not. And, the elections are as uncertain as any has been. Bond yields are at historic lows. And a Covid solution is still distant. In the absence of clarity, we plan to stick with strategies that research says are likely to be effective. Little 20/20 […]
read more...Aug 2020
Dushyant Pandit, Managing Director of DorchesterAdvisors is a panelist along with fellow members of The Penn Club, as well as author Nick Stuller (“The Truth shall set your Wallet Free”), as we discuss investing in a Post- Covid world. After Covid: What will be the New Normal for Financial Advice and Investing? (PDF)
read more...Jul 2020
The financial markets behaved predictably at the onset of the Covid Pandemic – but their subsequent behavior is hardly predictable. At mid-year the US stock market showed only a marginal loss, even as the entire world economy is in shambles. How we are Navigating a Pandemic. (Pdf)
read more...Jul 2020
Dushyant Pandit, Managing Director of DorchesterAdvisors, was a panelist on an Investment Webinar presented by MainStreet Magazine. He discussed how to manage your portfolio in response to the Covid crisis that has such a deep economic impact. Financial Advice in a Covid World. (pdf)
read more...Jun 2020
Dushyant Pandit, Managing Director of DorchesterAdvisors, was a panelist on an Investment Webinar presented The Wharton Club of New Jersey. The panel consisted of Professor Christopher Geczy, Adjunct Professor of Finance at the Wharton School and Kevin G. Carter, Managing Director at the Fiduciary Trust International. They discussed the impact the Covid crisis was having […]
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