Financial planning tips and perspectives

More help for business owners: PPP loans, deductions, and other stimulus provisions

By |2021-01-06T14:33:44-08:00January 6th, 2021|Blog, Business Owners, Financial planning tips and perspectives, Personal Wealth|

If you're looking for a new PPP loan for your business, the latest stimulus package, the Consolidated Appropriations Act (CAA) that was signed into law on December 27, 2020 may benefit you. It provides $900B in COVID-19 relief and extends and expands on some provisions of the CARES Act, enacted in March, to help [Read More]

Gen X insurance: how to put proper midlife protections in place

By |2022-04-07T11:54:27-07:00December 21st, 2020|Blog, Business Owners, Financial planning tips and perspectives, Insurance, Personal Wealth|

If you're a Gen X-er, it’s likely your life is starting to look very different than it did in your early years when you were just beginning your career and starting a family.  Now you’ve made significant headway in your career, earn a higher income, and have amassed significantly more wealth. Your children may [Read More]

How tax policy may change with the election

By |2020-09-21T09:56:50-07:00September 17th, 2020|Blog, Business Owners, Financial planning tips and perspectives, In the news, Personal Wealth|

The upcoming presidential election brings with it much speculation about the tax policy and market implications of the outcome. We don’t recommend changing your plans based on educated guesses about how tax policy may change once the election is behind us.  However, it does make sense to consider how changes may affect your planning [Read More]

Using debt to get your business through coronavirus

By |2020-07-25T06:32:36-07:00May 30th, 2020|Blog, Business Owners, Financial planning tips and perspectives, Personal Wealth|

The decision to take on debt is a significant one for any business in normal times.  For businesses severely affected by COVID-19 shutdowns, debt-use consideration takes on heightened importance.  If your business is able to borrow or had credit lines available to draw down, the question becomes how to best use those funds to shore [Read More]

Drawing from experience to navigate uncertainty

By |2020-08-16T18:18:49-07:00April 22nd, 2020|Financial planning tips and perspectives, General thoughts, Personal Wealth, Quarterly thoughts|

Every quarter we send a letter to our clients to set context around recent market activity.  This quarter, we are posting our letter here since it offers some reminders about how our experience and contingency planning get us through difficult times that we feel may benefit everyone.  These past several weeks have reminded us [Read More]

Time-sensitive: Business owners should explore Paycheck Protection Program forgivable loans NOW… application process started 4/3/20

By |2020-04-25T09:20:45-07:00April 2nd, 2020|Fiduciary, Financial planning tips and perspectives, General thoughts|

Business owners & leaders: If your business has been adversely affected by the coronavirus directly or indirectly, we encourage you to explore and apply for Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) forgivable loan or the Disaster Loan (& grant) Assistance programs below, given that the PPP started 4/3/20 for small businesses, and 4/10/20 for sole proprietorships [Read More]

The CARES Act: help for individuals and small businesses

By |2020-04-25T09:22:00-07:00April 2nd, 2020|Fiduciary, Financial planning tips and perspectives, In the news|

  As we adjust to the effects of COVID-19 in our lives, we wanted to provide some information for individuals and small businesses about the stimulus package passed by Congress on March 27th  The Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security (CARES) Act, as well as previously announced tax filing relief, should help with business [Read More]

Business disaster planning: Is your business prepared for the next disaster?

By |2022-04-07T15:13:38-07:00November 27th, 2019|Blog, Financial planning tips and perspectives, Personal Wealth|

Preparing your business for a natural disaster is as critical as preparing your home, yet many business owners do not have an emergency plan in place. In the Bay Area, earthquakes are a constant threat with no advanced warning, and the “new normal” of California fire season reminds us how devastating nature can be. [Read More]

3 reasons business owners should invest outside of their business

By |2024-01-29T12:18:53-08:00September 10th, 2019|Blog, Fiduciary, Financial planning tips and perspectives, General thoughts|

How do many business owners continue to grow and manage their businesses?  They reinvest company profits back into the business. As financial advisors to many business owners, we have learned from experience how important it is to strike the right balance between your company assets and some diversified investments outside of your business. While [Read More]

How to help your adult children stay in the Bay Area

By |2022-04-06T08:45:02-07:00August 16th, 2019|Financial planning tips and perspectives, General thoughts|

Living in San Francisco is expensive. Very expensive. Median rent is nearly twice the national average and 81% of homes cost more than $1 million. It is no wonder that many Bay Area natives find their children leaving to live in places like Seattle, Denver, and Austin, where they can afford a house and [Read More]

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