INSIGHTS

By: Mark Weiskind Clients and Friends, It has been nearly 18 months since we recapitalized Fairway Wealth Management, buying out our outside shareholder and making the firm 100% employee-owned.  It’s been a positive stretch for our clients, with investment portfolios generally up nicely.  And it’s been [...]

By: Matt Garrott James Bond movies and the TV series Seinfeld are both classics and cultural touchstones, but the conflicts in these stories could have been resolved more quickly than they played out.  Goldfinger could have just shot Bond instead of strapping him to a table [...]

June 23, 2017 – Fairway Wealth Management LLC is pleased to announce that for the third consecutive year it has been named to the FT 300 list of registered investment advisers (RIAs). The list recognizes top independent RIA firms from across the U.S. For details, see www.ft.com/reports/300-top-investment-advisers This [...]

By: Matt Garrott The month of May marks the 7th anniversary of the first Bitcoin transaction, an exchange of 10,000 Bitcoins for 2 Papa Johns pizzas.  Reaction to the trade at the time was mixed.  There were many people who thought it was neat that someone finally bartered [...]

By: Matt Garrott Capital Group is pushing back hard against the passive investing crowd.  They make the case that some basic screens (low expenses, manager investing in their own fund, etc) can reveal good managers.  I agree with that.  The screens I use at Fairway are kind of [...]

By: Matt Garrott No One Expects a 40% Return for the S&P 500 This Year I defy you to find a pundit optimistic about the stock market.  Is anyone predicting double digit returns?  Low to mid-single digits seems to be the popular view among those shouting the loudest.  [...]