Market Insight - Year End 2011

Last year financial markets delivered a proverbial rollercoaster ride to investors. While a year end Santa Claus rally was enough to undo much of the damage, the view in October seemed very grim, and we looked much more likely to go right off the rails, than to end up where we did. 

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You Say You Want A Resolution

Financial and investment planning are important year-round, but the best and most successful  investors  use January as an opportunity to reflect on the highs and lows of their money moves in the year past, and make their plans and resolutions for the year ahead. So while  it’s entertaining to speculate about where interest rates or the Dow will be in 2012, consider a few of our New Year’s smart money resolutions that may help make the year ahead a financial “goal mine,”  and really make a difference in the long term.

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Making Losers Pay

A volatile year in the stock and bond markets means many investors are looking at losses on stocks or mutual funds they have purchased.  As we approach the end of 2011 it makes sense to review how you might make these losers pay, or at least use some tax strategy to ease the pain.

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October is Adopt a Shelter Animal Month!

And you have one week left! October is Adopt a shelter animal month, and the Bedminster Group would like to recognize several organizations that provide care, shelter and adoption services for animals in Beaufort and Jasper County, as well as their staff, volunteers and donors.

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Five Wishes

For most of us, end of life decisions, those issues relating to medical care and advanced directives to doctors and health care providers, are among the most difficult to discuss. They carry their intimations of illness and mortality along with them like so much excess baggage, and grow increasingly heavier as we age. In addition, there are religious beliefs and moral considerations that are deeply personal, and these can result in conflict between spouses, parents, children, and siblings. It’s a shame, because this kind of discord can be easily prevented...

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