Latest Investments & Planning Insights

Weekly Edge

At the end of the trading week, the team at NewEdge Wealth publishes its commentary on the week that was, as well as some insights into what it means for clients looking ahead.

The Fed Waves Through a Window at Markets

Before this week, the Federal Reserve had not released updated economic and interest rate forecasts since March 19th. That sure feels like a long time ago. While members of the central bank’s monetary policy committee (FOMC) speak publicly all the time, we finally received an update on Wednesday to their collective thinking about how the U.S. economy is performing and what measures might be needed to help keep it in balance.

Fear Inoculum

Individual fear is an inevitable emotion when markets are lurching lower and headlines are filled with talk of recession, but as the above analysis shows, when aggregate fear spikes and becomes the consensus emotion, it usually behooves investors to find that “long overdue immunity” to their own individual fears and embrace contrarian optimism.

A Hitchhiker’s Guide to Tariffs

Investors have now lived through several weeks of heightened market volatility, driven primarily by a combination of disappointing economic data and erratic policymaking. As we’ll point out in this piece, the amount of market churn – especially intraday – has been unusually high while the peak-to-trough declines in most major indexes have not…at least, not yet.

Bruised

In many ways, investors are facing a similar harsh reality of change today, as they confront how different the world, markets, and policy priorities are in 2025 than they were in, say, 2017.

Light My Fire: Non-US Stocks Heating Up

Thursday and Friday saw the beginnings of an unwind of the ultra-dominant U.S. large cap momentum trade (think of the momentum factor as the Newton’s First Law factor, “an object in motion stays in motion”, with momentum capturing the dynamic that if a stock has been performing well it will continue to perform well).

Wealth Strategy

A successful wealth strategy process benefits from a team of advisors, collectively focused on the goals specific to your family. Below are some of the insights and strategies the team at NewEdge has published on what it means to have a wealth strategy, rather than a simple financial plan.

Financial Models vs. Reality: Is Your Wealth Strategy Built to Last?

You’ve spent years earning and growing your wealth, but will your wealth strategy stand the test of time? Financial models guide crucial investment decisions—from portfolio allocation to long-term planning—yet they’re only as reliable as the assumptions and expertise behind them. Like any roadmap, a financial model provides direction but mindlessly following it without adaptation can lead you right off a cliff when conditions change.

|Apr 30, 2025

Home is Where the Domicile Is

Because state tax laws vary widely, individuals often seek to reduce their tax burden by changing their domicile to a more tax-friendly state. This requires a careful balancing act of physical presence, legal documentation and a clear intent to make a new state one's permanent home.

Feb 21, 2025

Articles, Webinars & Media Appearances

2025 Outlook Preview

2025 Outlook Preview

In true NewEdge fashion, our 2025 Outlook Preview is presented as a “songbook”, inspired by songs from a broad swath of genres. In addition to the link to the charts below, we have also shared a video where Chief Investment Officer Cameron Dawson walks through the deck.

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Gen X: Navigating the In-Between

Gen X: Navigating the In-Between

Born between the mid-1960s and early 1980s, Generation X (“Gen X”) stands as a pivotal cohort that bridges the gap between Baby Boomers and Millennials. Often dubbed as the “latch-key generation” – referring to growing up with double-income parents and coming home from school to an empty home – Gen Xers were shaped by their Baby Boomer parents who instilled in them the value of hard work and self-reliance.

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When the Will is Gone

When the Will is Gone

There is a presumption under the law that when a Will is destroyed, the Testator (i.e., the person who created the Will) intended for it to be destroyed. But what happens when an original copy of a Will (or a Revocable Trust) is accidentally destroyed or lost?

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Legacy Leaders: Estate Planning for Business Owners

Legacy Leaders: Estate Planning for Business Owners

Watch the latest webinar hosted by Robin Petty, Managing Director and Head of Wealth Strategy at NewEdge Wealth, and Jennifer Jordan McCall, Partner at Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP, as they discussed the Internal Revenue Code Section 2036(a) in the context of business entity planning such as gifts of corporate, partnership and limited liability company interests to irrevocable trusts. 

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The 2024 Election: What Investors Need to Know

The 2024 Election: What Investors Need to Know

In this webinar, hosted by Cameron Dawson, Chief Investment Officer, and Brian Nick, Managing Director, Head of Portfolio Strategy, as well as Robin Petty, Managing Director, Head of Wealth Strategy at NewEdge Wealth, the team shares their perspectives about the historical relationship between election outcomes and financial markets. They covered the status of the race, the key issues at stake and the policy roadmap for 2025 and beyond, all with an eye toward the likely impact on the economy and markets. 

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Quarterly Macro & Market Update

Quarterly Macro & Market Update

As we entered the final quarter of 2024, Cameron Dawson, CFA®, Chief Investment Officer at NewEdge Wealth, sat down with members of the NewEdge Wealth investment team to offer their forecast through the rest of the year and upcoming election. They also reviewed current macro and market trends.

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