Target Date Funds are mutual funds that automatically adjust their asset allocation over time as they approach a specified “target date,” often retirement or college. Since the funds adjust themselves over time, you can hold them for the long-term while taking a “hands-off” approach. This can help you reduce the risk of behavioral errors while also simplifying your investment portfolio. However, this is not to say … Read more

Today we are publishing our Q3 investment report. This issue focuses on ‘globally-diversified balanced investing’. Globally-diversified balanced portfolios are ones that hold both U.S. and foreign equities, including those in emerging markets, and that also hold a diversified range of fixed-income securities and real estate to balance the equity risk. This is how Artemis invests its clients’ assets.

Our discussion centers on why such portfolios provide … Read more

We are today publishing our latest Market Outlook and Strategy report for Q2 2018.

In this report we continue our discussion regarding “thematic” investing and Artemis’ approach to capturing value in this way. In particular, we respond to some healthy skepticism from some clients over the biggest claims made regarding the current wave of technological innovation. We also flesh out the view that most of the … Read more

Most clients come to us having heard the adage of keeping three to six months’ worth of expenses in cash as an emergency fund. For affluent families, this rule of thumb can mean sidelining well over $100,000. While it can be comforting to know you have plenty of money to cover the unexpected, doing so comes with the opportunity cost of missing out on significant … Read more

Dear Friends of Artemis,

Attached please find our market report for Q1 2018.  As many of you know, the most salient feature of the markets during the quarter was the return of volatility. Volatility was triggered by inflationary fears and rising interest rates, although the overall response was somewhat muted by continued decent economic growth and rather amazing corporate earnings reports.

In this report, we focus … Read more