Bogue Asset Management’s Quarterly Investment Letter is available for review, My commentary examines the economic "tug of war" being reflected in the stock market, with improving economic and company fundamentals on the one side, and concerns about debt-related stress points and the longer-term strength of the economic recovery on the other. [See More]
Bernie Madoff’s clients didn't see his Ponzi scheme coming. Could they have? Let's look at four safety tips that would have prevented this from happening and the safeguards that Bogue Asset Management LLC provides in its client relationships: [See More]
How your advisor is compensated does matter. Lately there has been a blurring of the lines with the use of the term “Fee-Based” to describe how one is compensated. I’ll tell you why Fee-Based is not Fee-Only and the difference can be substantial: [See More]
Shopping around for a financial planner? When you are in the process of looking for a financial planner, you should have a consistent interview process to determine which planner is the best for your needs. These are the seven questions that I suggest that you should ask: [See More]
Estate Planning
How do you want to be remembered? Bogue Asset Management believes that this is the core of the estate planning process and the monetary implications of estate planning should be a sub-set of this.
Estate Planning Involves:
- Defining how you want to be remembered
- Developing gifting strategies for loved ones and charity
- Making sure that you have the right estate planning documents executed and they clearly reflect your intent
- Coordinating matters with estate planning attorney’s and other professionals in their field of expertise
- Effectively managing probate issues
- Proper beneficiary designations and periodic review
- Organizing your important information
- Efficient management of projected estate taxes