To inform:  Coming into the office today was different. Being a financial firm, The Joseph Group is an “essential business” so we’ve had a few people in the office each day for the last eight weeks keeping socially distant from one another. The area around our downtown Columbus Arena District office has been largely empty […]

To Inform: Close your eyes…imagine yourself a year ago at this time. It was May 2019, the high temperature in Columbus was 82 degrees and the S&P 500 was within a few dozen points of where it is today. Then, our biggest worries were trade concerns with China. Today, at similar levels in the S&P […]

To Inform: Every Monday morning The Joseph Group’s management team gets together for our weekly leadership meeting. One of the items on the agenda each week is our “quick hitters” – items which will only take a minute or two to talk about in order to provide information or to make a quick decision. With […]

To Inform: Earlier this week we had a number of clients and friends take part in our Portfolios at Your Place videoconference. One of the key items we talked about was what things might look like when the economy starts to reopen and the related investment implications. COVID-19 is a global health crisis and a […]

To Inform: If you’re like me, looking to the past can be a great way to find lessons on how to navigate the present. On Winston Churchill’s first day as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, Adolf Hitler invaded Holland and Belgium. The evacuation of British troops surrounded at Dunkirk was only two weeks away. Over […]

To Inform: By now, you probably have seen the CARES Act was signed into law last Friday, March 27th.  As a response to the COVID-19 pandemic, CARES stands for “Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security.” The size of this economic relief is unprecedented as the legislation provides $2 trillion in funding. Similar to other financial […]

Stepping Back from the Noise As I type this, the Dow is up over 1,400 points and every single asset class on the tracking list I keep on my phone is green. It’s certainly nice to take a deep breath, but the rising market isn’t going to change one thing I planned to discuss in […]

To Inform: It was a bit surreal writing “March 19, 2020” at the top of this paper as the date marks the one-month anniversary of the all-time high in the stock market.  On February 19th, major stock indexes closed at their all-time high and economic numbers, corporate earnings, and consumer confidence were strong and showing […]

To Inform:  The Stockdale Paradox is a concept popularized by the book Good to Great by Jim Collins. The name refers to Admiral James Stockdale who was the highest-ranking U.S. military officer in the “Hanoi Hilton” prisoner-of-war camp during the height of the Vietnam War. According to the concept, balancing realism and optimism in a […]

To Inform:  After a week of 1000 point moves in the Dow in both directions, it’s strange seeing another down -700 points (as I’m typing this) but knowing the U.S. stock market is actually UP over 2% from where it was a week ago. We continue to pray for the people impacted by the coronavirus […]