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The Essential Guide to Trust Planning: Navigating Your Estate at Every Stage of Life
The Essential Guide to Trust Planning: Navigating Your Estate at Every Stage of Life

At Pacific Portfolio Trust Company, we believe one of the most powerful tools in estate planning is time. The earlier you begin, the more opportunities you have to grow, protect, and pass on what you’ve built. A thoughtful estate plan ensures your assets are transferred according to your wishes, efficiently, privately, and in a way that reflects your values. While a will provides the foundation, trusts offer additional benefits. They provide flexibility, privacy, and important advantages when it comes to managing Washington’s estate tax laws. Whether you are planning for children, supporting a blended family, giving to charity, or reducing your tax exposure, the right trust can help you achieve your goals and create lasting impact.

1Q 2025 Market Letter
1Q 2025 Market Letter

President Donald Trump's policy platform has unfolded unexpectedly. Many investors thought they’d see a familiar pattern from the president’s return to office: bold rhetoric and tempered policy execution. But this time, as we’ve witnessed in recent weeks, it’s not just talk

4Q 2024 Market Letter
4Q 2024 Market Letter

Your seat backs and tray tables aren’t the only things that are up at this point: economic growth expectations are on the rise as we speak. Already, the U.S. economy was cruising at a healthy altitude – unusually healthy for this stage of the economic expansion’s life cycle, in fact: real (i.e., after inflation) GDP growth for the U.S. came in at a surprisingly chipper +3.1% for the 3rd quarter, versus economists’ consensus expectations of +2.6%, and the NY Federal Reserve’s GDPNow forecast is currently anticipating that Q4 will come in at a +3.0% reading. This is well ahead of the +1.75%-+2.0% that an extremely large, developed economy like the U.S. should reasonably be expected to sustain over the long-term.

3Q 2024 Market Letter
3Q 2024 Market Letter

TRUE GRIT

Some of you may already be familiar with the work of psychologist and popular TED talker Angela Duckworth on the concept of grit, which she refers to as “passion and perseverance for very long-term goals;” the dictionary, meanwhile, defines grit more broadly as an ability to display courage and resolve in the face of challenge.

From a pragmatic, “big picture” perspective, this could easily be making reference to the entire process of investing; certainly, this long-term practice we are pursuing together requires a healthy degree of grit from which to draw the courage, conviction, and discipline to prudently grow our clients’ wealth in pursuit of their – of your – most important long-term goals.

2Q 2024 Market Letter
2Q 2024 Market Letter

Life In Purgatory: Not As Bad As You’d Think?

Certainly not the most comforting analogy, but apt, nonetheless, as we sit here, essentially trapped between two realms.  On the one hand, stocks have been on a tear for nearly two years; now, seemingly-lofty valuations and historic highs in market concentration are causing some investors to anticipate a reversal of fortunes.  With strong corporate earnings and no sign of an impending recession, however, the path of least resistance from here remains higher, nonetheless. 

1Q 2024 Market Letter
1Q 2024 Market Letter

For the time being, the market continues to take “Good News” as good news, but inflation trend bears watching, as this could become the catalyst that shifts investors’ mindset.

Financial Planning
Financial Planning

Financial planning is a crucial aspect of our lives that often gets overlooked or misunderstood. Here is a summary of what it is, who it’s for, why it's essential, and how to get your financial planning started.

4Q 2023 Market Letter
4Q 2023 Market Letter

Why the long face? Another year in the can, all wrapped up nice and festive with a pretty little bow, Santa Claus rally and all! Any investor with the nerve to complain that they did not get everything on their Christmas list should at least have been able to find solace in the market’s recent move to all-time highs, so let’s just keep the tidings of comfort and joy rolling all the way through 2024, right?!

3Q 2023 Market Letter
3Q 2023 Market Letter

You’re no doubt hearing a lot about how remarkably “resilient” the U.S. economy has been looking lately.  Despite the Fed’s move to hike interest rates sharply higher over the past 18 months, economic growth in the U.S. has managed to remain in positive territory in recent quarters, steadily exceeding economists’ expectations in the process. 

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2Q 2023 Market Letter

The Fed is on pause.  No, wait!  Cancel that: it may just have been a “skip” masquerading as a “pause.”  Okay, so more interest rate hikes to come then.  One?  Two?  Certainly not more than two!? And those 2023 rate cuts that markets have been pricing in since early March?  Oh, okay; those are gone too now. 

May 29th is National 529 Day
May 29th is National 529 Day

May 29th is National 529 Day (5/29), a day created to highlight the importance of 529 savings plans in helping families pay for college or training expenses.

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1Q 2023 Market Letter

TO BUY, OR SAY “GOODBYE!” …THAT IS THE QUESTION

Verily, ‘tis so! As the Ides of May grow nigh, investors are in a state of consternation to rival that of the Prince of Denmark himself as they ponder whether it be nobler – or financially more astute – to go “all-in” (Shakespeare, too, was apparently a big Texas Hold’em player) or move to the sidelines and check back in on the markets some time in the late Fall. If, perchance, either of those two extremes looks particularly appealing to you right now, I beg you heed my warning and reframe the question lest ye suffer the financial equivalent of a tragic ending.

Take Control of Your Finances: Celebrate Financial Literacy Month with These Essential Tips!
Take Control of Your Finances: Celebrate Financial Literacy Month with These Essential Tips!

Financial literacy is vital for everyone, as it involves having a working knowledge of money management. Without essential financial skills like budgeting, investing, and retirement planning, life can become much more difficult. Financial Literacy Month provides an opportunity to prioritize financial literacy and take advantage of resources to improve your financial situation now and in the future. Here are 6 tips to help you get started.

WASHINGTON STATE CAPITAL GAINS TAX
WASHINGTON STATE CAPITAL GAINS TAX

The Washington State Supreme Court has ruled that the excise tax on capital gains is constitutional and valid. As such, the Department of Revenue will continue collecting the tax which is due April 18, 2023. A filing extension will be granted if the taxpayer files a federal extension and requests a Washington extension prior to the original due date, but the tax must still be paid in full by April 18th (April 15th in future years). Any tax paid after that date is subject to a late payment penalty of up to 29% of the tax due.