Our own Matt Hall was honored to be invited as a panelist at the annual Financial Planning Association Conference. His session, Citizens of the World: Developing Confidence in Global Investment for Better Portfolio Management, was moderated by financial journalist Charles Sherry. Robert Van Beek, who is converting Odds On to Dutch, and Sarah Newcomb, author of Loaded, were Matt’s co-panelists.

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Everyone loves a top 10 list!  This month Matt was asked to create a top 10 list for investors.  Many of you who know him will not be surprised by his answers.

Matt was honored to be featured in a publication like Sophisticated Living that is distributed to over 14,000 affluent Saint Louisans.  Be sure to pick up a copy this month (and check out page 104 where you can read “The 10 Things (Investors) Cannot Live Without”).

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I read a great article recently in the New York Times.  It revealed that studies ranging from Emory University to Silicon Valley indicate that children learn resilience when they discover how their family and previous generations have dealt with adversity.  Introducing stories from your past, trials and errors, success and failures – anything that reveals to your children that mistakes are a part of life – will enable them to become stronger, more resilient members of society.

Reading this article is a great starting point to come up with ways to weave your own family narrative into dinner table discussions this holiday season (which is right around the corner)! Ask your children and grandchildren questions, share your stories with them, and be prepared for new holiday memories to be made.

Please click here to read the full article: The Stories That Bind Us.