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]
Risk Management & Insurance
Insurance is needed to needed to protect you from the large financial risks that are prevalent in our lives. Insurance should be in place for the financial risk that you can’t afford to incur, should be based on your needs and implemented in the most cost efficient manner.
Risk Management Services involve:
- Determining and retaining appropriate and adequate life insurance coverage
- Determining and retaining appropriate levels of disability insurance coverage
- Determining the most effective health insurance coverage
- Maintaining an appropriate emergency fund reserve
- Determining if long term care insurance is merited and retaining the optimal level of coverage based on your needs and circumstances
- Protecting from liability exposure
- Protecting from loss and destruction of property
- Optimizing employer based group coverage benefits vs. individual coverage
- Retaining insurance agents and consultants to evaluate insurance needs when their expertise is needed and insurance needs to be implemented
- Helping the client in retaining attorneys in coordination to asset protection strategies
- Implemnting this protection in the most cost effective manner