this 2nd Week of March 2021 thoughts

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thoughts as we finish out this 2nd week of March 2021

A person who sees a problem is a human being; a person who finds a solution is visionary; and the person who goes out and does something about it is an entrepreneur. - Naveen Jain

Formerly Skye Advisors, Sustainable Advisors Alliance (SAA) was founded on sustainable, impact investing and Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) metrics. Follow our blog: https://www.sustainableadvisorsalliance.com/blog

Skye Advisors LLC was a fee only fiduciary RIA domiciled in Oklahoma, but with 6 advisors and clients from California to New York, we had to think bigger. We filed our SEC Registration and SAA launched on January 5th, 2021. Four more founding partners will join by the end of the 1st Quarter 2021. 1B😊 Why does this matter to you? Registered Investment Advisors (RIAS) are fiduciaries and act in your best interests, all day, every day. https://www.forbes.com/advisor/investing/what-is-registered-investment-advisor/

For more about sustainable / impact investing go to our website: https://www.sustainableadvisorsalliance.com/

Founding Members:

Julie Skye | Tulsa OK

Krista Strohoffer | Boulder CO

Now that our Schwab accounts are either at Skye Advisors or SAA, we will be looking at what your risk tolerance profile is today. Never was there a better time, than after a pandemic-induced-bear-market, to see how you felt on the darkest and most volatile days. Below is a profile of the software that we have for doing sensitivity analysis for your portfolio: Hidden Levers. 😊Why does this matter to you? Understanding how your portfolio might respond to different market conditions helps us be prepared…for the good, bad, and ugly.

“HiddenLevers’ portfolio-stress-testing and investment proposal engine helps with probably one of the most important things we can do to decide what level of risk is right for your portfolio. It also helps us communicate with you about the impact that macro-economic events have on a portfolio or financial plan” says Raj Udeshi, HiddenLevers’ founder. “We help the advisor stress-test portfolio scenarios upfront to properly manage client expectations and visualize scenarios about market volatility that are meaningful to investors,” Udeshi says. “We provide nuanced conversations instead of a single-number approach to risk. It’s not a sales facade for somebody else’s product.” 😊 Why does this matter to you? Our goal is to align your financial planning goals with the amount of risk we need to take to help you live your dreams.

Partner Profile | the face of financial advice just got brighter.

Julie Skye | Julie launched Skye Advisors in 2017 and is a co-founder of Sustainable Advisors Alliance. Reach Julie at 918-408-7981 & julie@sustainableadvisorsalliance.com

Krista Strohoffer | is a co-founder of the Sustainable Advisors Alliance, which launched in January 2021. Reach Krista at: 303.413.6025 & krista@sustainableadvisorsalliance.com

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This week, I want our focus to be on taxes…as this ultimately will lead to how our Social Security system will be shored up for the next 100 years. As tax-filing season approaches, you may wince when you hear that taxes will HAVE to go up to pay for the record stimulus packages and to pay down our burgeoning Federal deficit. Take a walk down memory lane at what a century of the top-tax-brackets have looked like.

😊Why does this matter to you?Do not let sound bites on the evening news lead you to believe your taxes are going to the moon to pay down for this stimulus package. If you compare 2021’s top-tax bracket to our historical rates…you will see, we are at the lower end of the range. What matters most right now is that those not paying their fair share pay a little more and that we all work together to minimize the long-term damage to our economy. But most of all…we must help those who have lost so much. We have a long recovery in front of us.