Investment Adviser Watch

BCWM now subscribes to Investment Adviser Watch (IA Watch). IA Watch is a provider of compliance news and guidance to executives in wealth management. The subscription also includes the printed and electronic version of the IA Week newsletter. The newsletter complements the website with analysis of enforcement trends and the latest regulatory actions specific to…

March 2009 Investment Commentary

President Barack Obama addressed the joint houses of Congress Tuesday evening, February 24th. The speech outlined his plan for leading our nation out of the economic abyss in which we find ourselves. Without handicapping any likelihood of success his plan might achieve, I took a small degree of pleasure in that Obama at least SOUNDS…

Young Professional Steering Committee

Laura Carley was selected to join the Young Professional Steering Committee of the Greater Kansas City Chamber of Commerce, which strives to create mentoring and networking opportunities for young professionals who live and/ or work in Overland Park. The committee is primarily responsible for developing and launching future events that will benefit their expanding base…

BCWM Team Members Attend FPA Luncheon

Rich Boyer, Mindy Corporon and Laura Carley attended FPA Greater Kansas City Chapter luncheon in Overland Park featuring Mr. Greg Valliere, Chief Political Strategist for the Washington Research Group. Mr. Valliere delivered an entertaining speech and discussed a broad range of issues including tax and regulatory changes, pending energy legislation and the threat of larger…

February 2009 Investment Commentary

Every once in a while, the thought occurs to me that maybe I should write these Investment Commentaries quarterly instead of monthly. It would be refreshing to only have to publish such gloomy and discouraging comments every three months. Nevertheless, brace yourselves. If you thought it couldn’t get any worse, you were mistaken. In our…