Retaining Perspective in a Crazy World

A friend tells me that she now spends the evenings watching I Love Lucy reruns to take her mind off the news. I can think of worse coping mechanisms. The headlines are mostly grim, and I know that many of my…

All the Debt in China

If misery loves company, Americans should take comfort in knowing that other countries have similarly high debt burdens. Government debt in the United Kingdom and many European Union member states hovers around the U.S. levels, and Japan’s debt represents more…

Wealth Planning: Updates for Year-End 2023 and 2024

Editor’s note: Evercore Wealth Management released its legislative and regulatory guide in October to inform clients of end-of-year planning discussions in the context of overall wealth planning goals. Highlights and subsequent relevant IRS updates are included here. Please contact your…

2023 Year-End Wealth Planning Review

Several legislative and regulatory updates that may be worth considering this year, in the context of overall wealth planning goals. For instance, the SECURE 2.0 Act included adjustments to required minimum distributions and qualified charitable distributions. In addition, guidance issued…

The Case for Active Investing

Eighty-four percent of portfolio managers underperform their benchmarks after five years, according to Standard & Poor’s. It seems like a damning statistic – and it can call into question the role of active managers in the first place. After all,…

Q&A with Jon-Paul Momsen of Harbert Management

Editor’s note: Evercore Wealth Management supplements its core investment capabilities with carefully selected outside funds across the range of the firm’s asset classes. Among those are the Harbert Management real estate funds, which invest in diverse mid-size multifamily, office, industrial…

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