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How to Invest for Capital Preservation
Article including quote from Matt Boelter, Viridian Financial Advisor and Shareholder. The article was originally published with US NEWS & World Report. To read the full article, click here.
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Share Your Legacy this Holiday
It is the holiday season, a time of year when our thoughts naturally turn to family. This is also a good time to reflect on your plan for sharing your abundance with your family, both during your lifetime (now or in years to come) and after you’re gone. To leave the type of legacy you…
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Financial Advisor Marcus Dusenbury Live on ‘Getting Your Dough to Rise’ with Chuck Noel KSER 90.7 FM
Enjoy a live interview with Viridian Financial Advisor & Founding Shareholder, Marcus Dusenbury
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Q3 Viridian Market Commentary
Written July 24, 2019 by Brian Johnson, Chief Investment Officer and Shareholder. Summary: Returns have been stellar through the first half of 2019. We’re looking to take advantage of pullbacks. It has been an incredible first half of 2019. The Dow Jones Industrial Average (“Dow”) just experienced its best June since 1938, while the S&P…
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Inside the Toolbox: Monitoring Sector Performance
We thought it might be insightful this month to share with you one of the tools we use in analyzing sectors and sector performance. It is always useful to have simple ways to keep market moves in perspective, and one way that we do this is by looking at the relative performance of the 11…
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Why Losses Hurt More than Gains Feel Good: Part 2. Implications for Different Investors
Written by Bruce Yates, Financial Advisor and Founding Shareholder In Part 1 of this series, we saw how any loss of a given percentage requires a larger gain (sometimes much larger) to recoup what was lost. This phenomenon is shown in the table below, with the right-hand column showing how much larger gains must be…
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Why Losses Hurt More than Gains Feel Good: Part 1. When 1 Doesn’t Equal 1
Written by Bruce Yates, Financial Advisor and Founding Shareholder Many investors assume that as long as they are right more times than they’re wrong, they will end up with good results. That is a logical assumption. If you buy three stocks in succession, for instance, and two of them produce big gains, and only one…
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Concentrated Stock Positions Series, Part 2: Restricted Stock Units (RSUs)
Written by Marcus Dusenbury, Financial Advisor So you just got restricted stock from your employer . . . now what? Restricted Stock Units (RSUs) have become an increasingly popular corporate benefit over the past decade. Companies recognize that their stock can effectively attract and retain talented employees. As part of a compensation package, therefore, your…
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Concentrated Stock Position Series, Part 1: Employee Stock Option Plans (ESO Plans)
Written by Marcus Dusenbury, Financial Advisor So you just got stock options from your employer . . . now what? Employee stock option plans (ESO plans) have been around for a few decades now. They are an employee benefit plan through which companies offer employees “options” to buy shares of the employer stock at a…
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Fourth Quarter Market Commentary
Fourth Quarter 2019 Market Commentary By Brian Johnson, Viridian Chief Investment Officer and Shareholder January 26, 2019 Summary: The fourth quarter of 2019 saw most stock markets move meaningfully higher, while bonds took a breather after earlier advances. The fourth quarter of 2019 was overwhelmingly positive for major equity (stock) indices. Domestically, the S&P 500…
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