We are pleased to introduce the newest member of the BAMG team, Jennifer Combs!  Jennifer is joining Brand Asset Management Group as an Operations Analyst. Her official bio can be read on our website here, but to help you get to know Jennifer, we’ve asked her to share a little about her life…  Welcome to the team! Tell us a… Read More

In some years it’s easy to be an investor. In other years, markets will test your resolve. 2018 was a “testy” year globally. Following solid gains in 2017, markets began to hit turbulence in February. For a little while afterward, US markets moved higher, while international markets flattened out. But then early in the fourth… Read More

Thoughts on Music & Wealth Management by Damaris Wyand There are two things I am passionate about – the arts (specifically music) and serving others. You might think these passions would have made my future vocation obvious, but as a little girl I kept envisioning my adult self in a suit and heels. This suited… Read More

The S&P 500 has now pulled back about 7.2% from its recent peak. What’s happening? Our take is that markets have been coping with several macroeconomic overhangs (Italy, US-China trade, rising interest rates, and wage inflation) for weeks. But, corporate earnings reports had been strong enough to assuage concerns for quite a while. Recently, however,… Read More

September 15, 2018 marked the ten-year anniversary since the failure of Lehman Brothers – a major milestone in history marking the beginning of the largest financial crisis since the Great Depression. At the time, many investors feared a total systemic collapse. Stocks were sold indiscriminately with the S&P 500 falling 46% over the next six… Read More