Thoughts from the Ledge
Thoughts from the Ledge, hosted by Grey Ledge Advisors, updates you on current market trends and conditions and issues you should be considering when investing into your 401(k), wealth management plan, or prefunding.
Episodes
21 episodes
Brant Walker, Chief Investment Strategist with Grey Ledge Advisors Address Discusses topics relating to the Presidential Election, IPOs, AI and Sector Weighting
Brant shares his thoughts on Q4 and corporate earnings outlook and how AI will impact productivity going forward. Then touches on Sector Weighting, IPOs and their volatility and finally what impact the election will have on the markets.
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10:14
Gary Glassman, CPA From Burzenski & Company, speaks to the benefits of a business of having a 401(k) and how having a financial profile today, helps guide you to a comfortable retirement.
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22:41
Brant Walker, Chief Investment Strategist with Grey Ledge Advisors discusses what quality means to investors
Brant Walker, our Chief Investment Strategist, joins the show to discuss how companies with economic “moats” tend to perform better over the long run since they often create a recurring revenue stream. He discusses the successful business model...
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10:06
Manish Sharma, CFA with Grey Ledge Advisors discusses Crypto world
Manish Sharma, CFA, Financial Analyst, talks about the cryptocurrency market and whether Grey Ledge feels this is a good investment option for our clients. He also discusses exchange traded funds created to support investments in Bitcoin and...
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10:57
Attractive Sectors/Geographies for Investment Opportunities in 2024
Manish Sharma speaks to the sectors and geographical opportunities we see in 2024 for our clients. His discussion looks at the medium to long-term outlook.
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13:21
Make Charitable Donations Directly From IRA Accounts
Ted Reagle discusses Qualified Charitable Donations (QCD), the opportunity for seniors (over age 70.5) to make charitable donations directly from IRA accounts helping to reduce taxes and help out your favorite charity at the same time.
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8:41
What is the Yield Curve Telling Us?
Brant Walker discusses recent interest rate trends from 1/1/2022, when rates started rising from historically low levels.The yield curve has been deeply inverted for a year and a half. More recently longer-term rates s...
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12:16
What was Old, is New Again; The Resurgence of Cash Balance Plans
Scott Albraccio and Grant Livingston from TRA discuss the benefits of using a Cash Balance Plan to fund a Buy Sell arrangement. The concept helps the purchaser pay for the company/practice without having to come up with a large lump...
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11:39
4 Tips on Avoiding Financial Regrets in Retirement
Financial regrets may be common, but they don’t have to be inevitable. And even if you have regrets about how you prepared for retirement, these errors don’t have to be permanent. There are options for course correction, even after you’ve stopp...
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9:38
Entrepreneurial Success Can Provide a Roadmap to Failure Once You Sell Your Business
What made you a successful entrepreneur can lead to the loss of the capital you've received if you try and control everything like you did as a business owner. Ken Russell, President and CEO of Gray Ledge Advisors talks about delegation, ...
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7:17
Taking Advantage of Higher Fixed Income Rates
For the first time in more than a decade, conservative investors have the opportunity to earn a decent return on Fixed Income type investments. Our Advisor Ted Reagle talks about the opportunities we now have in the fixed income markets.
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8:11
Behavioral Finance, How It Is Impacting Investment Choices
Investors often do the wrong thing at the wrong time, especially in times of downward market volatility. Advisors help counteract this by sticking to the plan.
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7:44
The SECURE ACT 2.0
We discuss the newly enacted SECURE ACT 2.0 and the features and benefits of this new legislation. We focus on items that are effective in 2023 and talk about the changes that Sponsors, Recordkeepers and Administrators will need to make t...
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