Investing

Recently the Pinnacle investment team met to discuss the state of the world, the views of the independent analysts we follow, our market expectations, and what it all means to the asset allocation of Pinnacle portfolios. As always, it was a lively discussion that swung between business cycle dynamics, technical condition of markets, valuation, and bigger picture themes. We were [...]

On Friday, Pinnacle Advisory Group completed an extensive, independent verification of our GIPS presentation for the period of November 1, 2002 through December 31, 2011. This confirms that our firm presents performance in full compliance with the GIPS standards. In the investment world, that’s big news. You see, a lot of financial firms try to spin their investment performance numbers in an effort [...]

Registered Investment Advisors like Pinnacle Advisory Group are held by law to a fiduciary standard. That means that we’re bound to act at all times in our clients’ best interests, even if those interests should clash with our own. In doing so, we have a legal obligation to disclose to our clients exactly how we’re to be compensated, as well [...]

Second quarter earnings season officially kicks off today, as companies report on their performance during the first quarter of 2012. Dow component Alcoa, an aluminum company, reports shortly after the market close. Earnings have been incredibly strong for the past few years coming out of the last recession, and have been one of the main drivers powering the stock market [...]

Some volatility has crept back into the markets in the past few days, largely driven by negative news flow out of Spain (the latest country to come under pressure as a result of the European debt crisis). This probably didn’t come as a surprise to most professional investors, but it might have to Europe’s esteemed leaders, one of whom declared [...]