A powerful motivator for many parents is a desire to have their children’s upbringing to be better than their own. Better schools, a nicer house, more toys, and better vacations are all things many of us wish for our kids to experience – especially if we didn’t have these things in our own childhood. And…

Wild mood swings, spontaneous applause, and a rotating cast of characters who swear their raw talent surpasses the others – are these hallmarks of a middle schoolers in a talent show or Wall Street analysts reporting about financial markets? Hard to know the difference sometimes. A recent headline caught our attention about this topic. It…

With headlines dominated by geopolitical tensions and recent U.S. military actions, investors are once again asking a familiar question: What does war mean for markets? Data from Nasdaq Dorsey Wright provides historical context by analyzing how various asset classes have behaved following major U.S. military escalations over the past century. The findings may surprise investors…

If there’s one universal truth in investing, it’s this: nobody actually knows what’s going to happen next. That doesn’t stop Wall Street, the media, or your neighbor with the new day-trading setup from trying. In our view, it’s a whole lot of “6-7,” as the kids are saying these days. In reality, financial markets have a…

Right now it feels like this year we’ve been living in a financial version of “La La Land.” Even the historically seasonal instability of September and October failed to materialize. Like the part in a movie where everything seems fine, even as the ominous soundtrack is shifting, are we in a dreamlike uptrend while potential…

“The forecasts may tell you a great deal about the forecaster; they tell you nothing about the future.” This classic line from investing icon Warren Buffett constantly reverberates through the minds of the team at Emerald Financial Group. But it reached a crescendo earlier this year as we – and you – witnessed the chaotically…

There’s a common saying in sports: Defense wins championships. The 2025 Super Bowl in New Orleans showed truth in that statement, but it’d be foolish to stop there and totally discount the role of the offense in that game as well.  For those familiar with tactical, systematic, or trend-following investment strategies, it’s well understood that…

Given the significant moves unfolding in markets, Emerald Financial Group has heard important questions about what this means for client portfolios. Please continue to reach out to us with any questions and concerns, but we also want to recap some of the more frequent questions – and their answers – in the hopes it is…