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Arbor Capital

1400 West Benson Blvd., Ste 575
Anchorage, AK 99503

(907) 222-7581
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December 2020

December 31, 2020 by Matthew Kolesky

Below are summaries from Arbor Investment Committee members. If you have questions about anything on this post, please reach out to us. Dislocation continued The dislocation theme that we have posted about before continued to impact most asset classes in 2020. Bond yields are historically low with over $18 Trillion (yes T for Trillion) worth Read More

Asset Class Summaries

April 29, 2020 by Arbor Capital

Below are summaries from Arbor Investment Committee members regarding different asset classes. If you have specific questions about any of them in general or how they might impact your portfolio or financial plan, please reach out to us. April 2020 Dislocation Covid-19 and the responses from government officials have changed our behaviors dramatically. The economic Read More

2019 Recap and looking ahead to 2020 and beyond

February 10, 2020 by Arbor Capital

Well well well

Below are summaries from Arbor Investment Committee members regarding different asset classes. If you have specific questions about any of them in general or how they might impact your portfolio or your financial plan, please reach out to us. REITs In the first quarter of 2019, REITs finally broke through the high price ceiling that Read More

How might the SECURE Act affect you?

February 7, 2020 by Arbor Capital

The Setting Every Community Up for Retirement Enhancement (SECURE) Act was signed into law in December of 2019 and became effective January 1, 2020. We’ll touch on a few of the changes that may have an impact on you. Being such new legislation, further guidance will likely be needed on some of the complexities. Required Read More

Q3 2019 Update

October 29, 2019 by Arbor Capital

US Bond prices peaked in late August under the narrative that the US Federal Reserve will continue to lower rates and the discussion of negative rates in the US filled headlines. There was that inversion thing that showed up again for a few days. A full yield curve inversion never materialized. The depth and length Read More

Asset Prices Go Up

July 11, 2019 by Matthew Kolesky

Fed rate line graph from 2010 to 2019.

US and International Stocks, Bonds, CD’s, REIT’s, Bitcoin, you name it – just about everything went up in the first half of 2019. During this time, the narrative from the Fed completely changed. In January, the two-year US Treasury note hit 2.62%. As we rolled into the second half of 2019 it dropped to 1.75%. Read More

Spring 2019 Update

April 18, 2019 by Matthew Kolesky

Bull

The December 2018 equity market sell-off was expedient and to the point. After a strong rebound, the S&P 500 is now back within touching distance of all-time highs. In the US, this continues to be one of the least loved bull markets as most everyone is looking for reasons the market shouldn’t go higher. If Read More

Q1 2019

February 22, 2019 by Arbor Capital

Equity Market /General Economic Commentary The US economy is still the most robust and innovative economy in the world. Pockets of South Korea, Taiwan and Israel could probably make legitimate claims, but they are tiny in comparison and won’t move the needle globally in ways the US can. Europe will continue to be a mess Read More

Well That Was Fun

February 28, 2018 by Matthew Kolesky

Money Tree

That was fun. The past two months have provided a good reminder about risk for all kinds of markets. First, volatility is back in the equity markets after hiding for all of 2017. Regardless whether the catalyst was the breakdown of a VIX exchange traded note (potentially front-run and punished by high frequency trading machines) Read More

An Asset-Based Approach to Funding Long Term Care

October 25, 2017 by Ty Schommer

Allison Payne

With people living longer lives and with the cost of health care increasing much faster than people’s ability to save, the need for some kind of funding mechanism for long-term health care is obvious. There are several ways to fund an extended care event: Long-term care insurance Government programs Self-funding Asset-based long-term care insurance Long-term Read More

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