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Our latest thoughts and ideas on the economy, global markets, financial planning, impact investing and more. If you would like to know more about what we are thinking and how it may be of value to you, please contact us!
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How a Washing Machine Freed a Generation — and How Today’s Tariffs Threaten Progress
In 2010, Hans Rosling gave a TED Talk that still sticks with me. The statistics he used might feel a ...
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How to Invest Inherited Money in a Values-Based, Sustainable Way
Inheriting money from a loved one often brings a mix of emotions: gratitude, responsibility, and reflection. It also presents a ...
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Keeping One Step Ahead: A Community Conversation on Cybersecurity
At CCM, we take cybersecurity very seriously. With scams becoming more frequent—and more sophisticated—we felt it was important to educate ...
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Colorado Inheritance Tax: What Should Residents Know?
Inheritance can be a meaningful bridge between generations, allowing families to preserve wealth and cherished possessions. However, receiving or transferring ...
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Sustainable Bonds Explained: How ESG Factors Support Change and Everything You Need to Know
ESG bonds represent a growing segment of the bond market, offering investors a way to seek returns while supporting meaningful ...
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Revocable Trust Colorado: Understanding The Key Details
A revocable trust is one of the most widely used estate planning tools. It allows Colorado residents to plan for ...
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Irrevocable Trust Colorado: Everything You Need To Know
Establishing estate planning goals and building a secure future often involve strategies that balance tax savings, asset protection and effective ...
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(More than) A Little Good News
In the current election cycle, we have often found it surprising that the prevailing mood about the economy is so ...
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What do you want to B when you grow up? Our journey into Impact Investing & Becoming a Certified B Corporation
As the founder of CCM, I wanted to share my personal story about what led us to become a Certified ...
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Colorado Estate Planning: A 101 Guide
Planning for how your assets will be handled after you’re gone is an important step. Understanding Colorado’s estate planning laws ...
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Colorado Estate Tax: What You Need To Know
Estate taxes are taxes that the government charges on the money and property that someone leaves behind when they die. ...
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Creating Work-Life Harmony Through Remote Work
For the past several months, I have been writing a series of blogs about working remotely from a place you ...
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ESG Metrics and Insight Report
ESG (Environmental, Social and Governance) metrics are an increasingly important way for investors to measure the sustainability and attractiveness of potential investments in large publicly traded companies. Learn more about the details of ESG investing and the related concepts of Sustainable and Impact Investing in our 2022 ESG Metrics and Insights Report.
Suggested Reading
The Little Book of Common Sense Investing
John Bogle
Enough
John Bogle
Stocks for the Long Run
Jeremy J. Siegel
Your Money or Your Life
Vicki Robin, Joe Dominguez, Monique Tilford
Simple Wealth, Inevitable Wealth
Nick Murray
How to Avoid Climate Disaster
Bill Gates
The Age of AI: And Our Human Future
Henry A Kissinger, Eric Schmidt, Daniel Huttenlocher
Pioneering Wealth Management
David Swensen
The Big Short
Michael Lewis
Invest Like a Billionaire
Warren Buffett
The Checklist Manifesto
Atul Gawande
The Investment Answer
Daniel C. Goldie, CFA, CFP, Gordon S. Murray
The New Map: Energy, Climate, and the Clash of Nations
Daniel Yergin
The Psychology of Money (2020)
Morgan Housel
