Peonies & Poppies: A Party in the Garden
Redefining Legacy
The inspirational speaker at the continuing education conference I attended recently was Candy Chang. Candy is an urban artist, so I appreciated hearing from someone who is not in our profession and clearly has a different perspective. Her public exhibitions, such as the Before I Die installations, explore the intersection of the individual to the […]
Meet Our Newest Team Member – Charlie Scott
If you have been to our office this last year my face may look familiar. I was initially hired as the 2018 summer intern and continued interning at APCM my entire senior year of college. I was incredibly fortunate to gain experience here while I earned my bachelor’s degree at UAA. During my time as […]
Don’t be fooled by carpetbaggers
Last year at this time, I remember sitting down with a widow who had unexpectedly lost her husband. I recall that during our meeting, we would stop periodically for tissues and stories, but eventually she left a little bit more empowered to face the days ahead. She was clearly in shock, she doesn’t exactly remember […]
Anchorage to Kenya and back, Jonathan’s carbon offset journey
I fly; more than many and less than some. We all know that if you live in Alaska flying is going to part of your life whether it’s for work, school, health care, or recreation. Much of my flying is in-state for work, but in the next month my family and I will fly from […]
Don’t Bring Me Down: Recession Risks in Brief
We can all agree that 2018 was not the market’s best year. With the S&P 500 down 4.4% and volatility levels near that of 2015, markets disconnected from strong underlying fundamentals such as better-than-expected corporate earnings growth and a positive 3% GDP. This disconnect created concerns that a recession may have been imminent. Although we […]
Migration on My Mind
Rolling back into the house about two weeks ago I was greeted by the sweet, dulcet tones of gulls flying overhead. A few days later, I noted that the opening waters of Westchester Lagoon had invited a returning swan to rest while heading north. While in Kotzebue last week I overheard conversations by both locals […]
Seizing on Opportunity in Rural Alaska
In the midst of the tumult associated with the Governor’s FY2020 budget proposal I’d like to offer you, and offer to myself, a break from anything budget related with news of an innovative partnership between urban and rural Alaska. Education research indicates that Career and Technical Education (CTE) can have a major positive effect on […]
Technology, Your Budgeting Assistant
Last week the private wealth management team hosted our first brown bag lunch workshop titled “Judgement-Free Budgeting”. We gave each person or couple 90-day access to our professional budgeting software and introduced them to the features of the program. The primary objective of this workshop was to help each attendee utilize technology to create their […]
Political Economy
Prior to late 19th century, the term political economy described the predecessor of what we now call the social science of economics. Approximately, 100 years ago economics surpassed political economy in frequency of use and we now use political economy to describe a specialized subset of economics focusing on how political forces affect economic policies […]