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Paradigm Capital Management Update
The small-cap market as proxied by the Russell 2000 index is down 13.03% from the beginning of August through August 24th. This compares to an 8.69% drop for the large-cap S&P 500. Small cap was still outperforming large cap over … Continue reading
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Jackson National VA Portfolios
Jackson National VA has five funds that will be entering a soft close on August 26th. Our JNL strategies have been revised to accommodate these changes and you can find the updated portfolios by logging into the LSA website. *** LSA will … Continue reading
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Interview with Walt Czaicki of AllianceBernstein
LSA FANN RADIO presents Walt Czaicki of Alliance Bernstein Click here to listen to the replay. Walt serves as a Senior Portfolio Manager (SPM) on the Blend Strategies team. His duties include periodic client service meetings, conference calls, consultant interfacing and final … Continue reading
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July Updates Posted
The LSA portfolio numbers have been updated through the end of the July. Please login to the site to view the most current information.
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Eric Cinnamond’s Independent Value Fund (ARIVX)
The ASTON/River Road Independent Value Fund managed by Eric Cinnamond is the number 13th best performing of all domestic equity funds year-to-date as of yesterday’s market close, according to Morningstar.com. It is also the number one performing small cap value … Continue reading
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Wake Up Call For America
Late Friday night (August 5th) Standard & Poor’s announced that the coveted U.S. debt rating of AAA was reduced to AA+! It is the first time in the history of the United States (since ratings began) that it’s been less … Continue reading
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More Market Turmoil – PART II
Major stock market indices were down 4-5% yesterday as investors move into panic mode. There is no single piece of news driving the sell-off; rather the market seems to be gathering downward momentum on its own. Selling is creating more … Continue reading
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More Market Turmoil
The equity market in the US today is down nearly 1000 over the last couple of weeks (as we write this the Dow is down some 300 points or 35 S&P 500 points). The news is claiming this is due … Continue reading
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June Updates Posted
The LSA portfolio numbers have been updated through the end of the second quarter. Please login to the site to view the most current information.
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Updated 2Q11 Economic Report
Given our expectations for the economy, here are some thoughts on the markets…. Attractive equity market valuations (recall the P/E slide) and less overall volatility for the U.S. stock market (recall the VIX slide) would normally call for an overweight … Continue reading
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New Portfolio Models Launched June 8
LSA is excited to announce that we have introduced the following new strategies to our platform: New Aggressive Growth Strategy… has been added to all the platforms that we have available. There were a handful of advisors that were requesting a true all-equity aggressive … Continue reading
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