Given current market conditions, investors are rightly reconsidering the strategic role of cash. As we’ve written before, investors are prone to over-allocating to cash. Cash is not an acceptable hedge against uncertainty, but there is a place for cash in a healthy asset allocation.
As holdings appreciate in value over a period of years, investors are fortunate enough to be faced with the question of what to do with significant embedded long-term gains. Since it’s unlikely that an entire portfolio appreciates at the same rate, we will focus on
The corporate executives we advise often hold a significant portion of their wealth in their own company stock. The accumulation of company stock can happen naturally due to the nature of executive compensation structure, as well as restrictions or other concerns around selling stock that
