Welcome to the Novare Capital Management Blog. Here you will find periodic thoughts, views and commentary from the Novare Capital Management’s portfolio team and financial professionals.

 As we enter the holiday season, many of you may be looking ahead to 2012 as an opportunity to implement an exercise program or take what you have been doing up a notch. We would like you to consider this the appropriate time to also make sure your estate plan is current and in the [...]

Market Pulse September 27, 2011 Several members of our team attended a conference in Charlotte last week where we had the opportunity to hear the views of several well-respected market analysts.  We thought you would enjoy reading some of their comments.  The overriding themes were that investors should have diversified portfolios and remain invested in [...]

Investors do not react well to surprises. Surprise events in economics, geopolitics, as well as company earnings’ are accompanied with volatility in the markets. We are currently in one of those times when surprises abound. The Volatility Index “VIX” recently reached extreme highs signaling great uncertainty in the markets. The stock market’s major declines, gold’s [...]

Our thoughts and prayers go out to the people of Japan as they deal with the devastating effects of this natural disaster. We would like to share a few thoughts about the economic impact of the earthquake and tsunami. Credit Suisse estimates that the economic impact of the earthquake and damage will exceed $175 billion [...]

Bill and I attended Schwab’s Impact Conference in Boston last week where we had the chance to speak with and listen to some of the best investment professionals in the country. Over 1,700 Registered Investment Advisors and 1,300 vendors were in attendance. We would like to share our observations and thoughts. We spoke with Rick [...]