
Peter Cook, CFP, CFA
- Dec 22, 2017
Tax Reform – What Can You Change? What Must You Accept?
“God, grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, Courage to change the things I can, And wisdom to know the difference.” – Reinhold Niebuhr The above passage, which many will recognize as the abbreviated Serenity Prayer, was first penned by the theologian Reinhold Niebuhr for his Massachusetts congregation as early as 1934.* Coincidentally 1934 was also the year that President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed into law the Revenue Act of 1934, which raised margina

Frank Byrd, CFA and Peter Cook, CFA, CFP
- Dec 8, 2017
Bitcoin: A Framework for Its Potential
If someone tells you with great conviction that Bitcoin is a bubble, stop listening. They’ve lost credibility. If someone tells you with great conviction that Bitcoin is the currency of the future, stop listening. The truth is no one knows. Bitcoin today is a speculation. Some speculations, however, can be attractive wagers. For example, playing Blackjack with perfect card counting is a succession of speculations where the odds are stacked (slightly) in your favor. How then s