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Adapting Leaders

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The onset and rapid spread of COVID-19 and the events that occurred in Minneapolis – the city in which many of us are proud to work, live, and play – have been an awakening.

Dividends Pay Dividends

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As this issue was being written, quality bonds were providing modest yields.1 U.S. Treasury notes, for example, were yielding between 0.15% for the two-year maturity and 0.65% for the ten-year note.

Zooming In On 2020

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Over the course of 2020 investors experienced new market highs (February), new market lows (March), and then a return to new market highs (November). Investors also witnessed a global  pandemic, national civil unrest in response to the death of George Floyd, many workers transitioning to work-from-home, and a presidential election.

Planning for a Transition

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There is an old adage: “People don’t plan to fail, they just fail to plan.” Planning for a transition is an important service we provide at Compass. Many advisory firms have attempted to become comprehensive “financial planners,” providing one-stop legal and tax-related advice to their clients, as well as selling them insurance and expensive investment products and services.

Exceptional People Exceptional Companies

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Warren Buffet wrote that he has “never succeeded in making a good deal with a bad person.” Our collective experience has been the same.

A Few Thoughts for Times Like These

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Only 1  month ago, U.S. stock indexes were reaching record highs as the bull market was nearing its 11-year anniversary (from the March 2009 lows).

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