News and Updates

July 21, 2026

What “We’ll Make You Whole” Needs to Mean

A recruiter is offering you a 40% comp bump to jump to a competitor. Sounds great, until you look at what you’re leaving behind: $2.8 million in unvested RSUs and […]

July 15, 2026

Pressure Testing Dynasty Trusts

We recently received a question about whether irrevocable dynasty trust made sense for a family, with the goal of using it to invest in direct deals, venture funds, and SPVs […]

July 8, 2026

Should Your Aging Parent Wait to Gift, or Give Now While They Can Enjoy It?

A listener wrote in about her 88 year old mother, sharp as ever, who has about $6 million in a brokerage account loaded with decades of embedded gains, plus a […]

July 7, 2026

The Deferred Comp Election You Shouldn’t Set and Forget

A listener wrote in with a situation I see often. His company’s deferred comp election window opens every November, and for years he’s simply defaulted to a lump sum payout […]

June 16, 2026

The Vacation Home Just Changed: What to Do When the Rental Income Disappears

Zoning changes that restrict short-term rentals are showing up in more markets every year. For years, homeowners have built retirement plans around VRBO and Airbnb income, and in a growing […]

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