Samuel A. Kiburz, Senior Vice President, Chief Investment Officer

Samuel serves as Senior Vice President, Chief Investment Officer for the Crews family of banks. He manages the individual investment holdings of his clients, including individuals, families, foundations, and institutions throughout the State of Florida. Samuel has been involved in banking since 1996 and has more than 20 years experience working in wealth management.

Investments are not a deposit or other obligation of, or guaranteed by, the bank, are not FDIC insured, not insured by any federal government agency, and are subject to investment risks, including possible loss of principal.

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Chart of the Day
10/31/22

Bondmaggeddon

The Chart of the Day is from S&P Global. As eternal optimists, which has worked for our clients over the last 20+ years, we like to say, “It could always be worse.” Though the United States equivalent investment grade bond index in the US is down 20%, the iBoxx GPB (which stands for the Great Britain Pound) bond index is down 28%, which is the worst in 25 years.

They are calling it “the Bondmaggeddon.”

Though we may have some of these US equivalent bond ETFs in the portfolio we manage, they are more than offset by many shorter-term bonds, which in most cases have resulted in a total loss of only 6%. Still not great, but it could have been worse.

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Chart of the Day
10/27/22

The Ebb and Flow

The following Chart of the Day from State Street Global Advisors shows the flow of funds in investments going all the way back to 2001.

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Chart of the Day
10/25/22

Washington Makeup

Today's Chart of the Day is a second chart from the Capital Group article called “Can midterm elections move markets?”

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Chart of the Day
10/21/22

Midterm Swings

Today’s Chart of the Day comes from a Capital Group article called “Can midterm elections move markets?”

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Chart of the Day
10/19/22

Less, but Still a Fat Tail Risk

Today’s Chart of the Day from Bloomberg shows that though there are less nuclear stockpiles than the 1980’s, there are still too many. There is an increased focus on this topic due to Putin’s threats and a hope that someone would come to their senses before anything gets out of hand.

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Chart of the Day
10/18/22

Stocks After Inflation Peaks

Today's Chart of the Day is in a BlackRock article. This is the organization who issues the iShares Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs) in our portfolios.

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Chart of the Day
10/14/22

Faith in the Long Run

Today’s Chart of the Day shows the S&P 500 index with recessions marked in red going all the way back to 1928.  

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Chart of the Day
10/13/22

The Crypto Hedge?

So far this year, we have experienced the longest “downturn” in terms of time since our last record high during The Great Recession.

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Chart of the Day
10/11/22

Beyond Profits

Today’s Chart of the Day shows the price of $100 invested in Beyond Meat, Inc. when the company went public in early 2019.

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Chart of the Day
10/6/22

Mid-Year Index vs. Active Update

Twice a year, S&P Dow Jones updates their SPIVA (S&P Indices Versus Active) report.

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