The Reality of Investment Risk

August 24, 2020 Below is a transcript of the video interview. Sara Craven: Welcome, everyone, to another episode of the Sand Hill interview series, where we discuss the science and art of navigating complex wealth. In this series, we speak with subject matter experts and thought leaders around all things pertaining to managing and dealing … Continued

Why Are Hedge Funds Getting Clipped?

It has been a tough couple of years for the hedge fund industry.  The HFR Global Hedge Fund Index showed returns of -0.6% in 2014, -3.6% in 2015, and +0.8% through 8/31 of this year significantly underperforming the S&P 500 which returned +13.7%, +1.4%, and +7.8% during the same periods.  This was not a case … Continued

The Importance of Real Return in a Low Return World

A growing topic of conversation amongst many investors is how to properly think about their investment performance within context of the current environment of historically low interest rates and persistently low inflation.  To answer that question, it is helpful to look back at the last forty years of history and incorporate that period’s steady decline … Continued

Four Essential Steps to Level the Financial Landscape of Divorce Mediation

Many couples going through divorce are opting to pursue a settlement process through mediation. Mediation can reduce the overall cost and the emotional trauma experienced in a more traditional dissolution process in which spouses are separately represented.  While every situation is unique, people generally find the neutral mediator and the structured sessions typical to this … Continued