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Feed a Healthcare Worker
Off Their Plate is a grassroots movement that partners with local restaurants to provide nutritious meals for frontline health workers during this COVID-19 crisis, while simultaneously restoring shift hours to the restaurant community. The organization’s restaurant partners receive 100% of donated funds to prepare meals and provide economic relief to restaurant employees. For every $100 donated, you send 10 meals…
Lexington Historical Society Virtual Tours
The Lexington Historical Society has partnered with Mass 3D Spaces to create virtual tours of their historic properties. Tour the Buckman Tavern, Hancock-Clarke House, and Munroe Tavern from your own electronic device. Meet the residents of these homes and learn their history and way of life. Make history come alive!
Living In The Future
What does the future hold? For optimists, the future is defined by net improvements and net progress. Optimism doesn’t require perfection and human ingenuity is a powerful force. Someday the virus will be gone, we will be able to travel the world worry-free, go to any restaurant at any time, the economy will be chugging along again and those who…
Harvard Museum Art Talks
The Harvard Museum brings their collections to you in a new online video series called Art Talks. In a recent installment, Egyptian art curatorial fellow Jen Thum introduces one of her favorite ancient works of art at the Harvard Art Museums. Check the Harvard Museum website every week to attend Art Talk.
The Eye of the Storm
In the first quarter of 2020, we experienced the first unexpected and unprecedented shock wave from the COVID-19 pandemic. The estimates on what will happen next are open to a wide range of guesses, from a V-shaped recovery (via CNBC) to a brief recession (El Erian), to a global depression (Ray Dalio). There seems to be a consensus that things…
Virtual Presence Fundamentals Workshop
In our current virtual reality, our only option for connecting face to face time with our clients, colleagues and family, is through video conferencing. What used to be a tool of convenience is now a necessity and critical moments of connection have entered the 2-dimensional realm. Former professional Boston Ballet dancer and body language expert, Rachel Cossar, offers Virtual Presence Fundamentals…
Boston Arts and Culture Online
We may be home but there is still plenty of opportunities to enjoy the arts and culture that Boston has to offer. Stream the dress rehearsal of Carmen from Boston Ballet. Experience the Boston Lyric Opera’s “Norma” online or the Boston Symphony Orchestra’s collection of performance online. Stock up on your favorite wines from City Winery who provides free delivery in Boston or FedEx delivery…
Not So Fast, Major Obstacles Remain
As of late Wednesday bulls and bears can take their pick from a wide menu of opinions. Bulls say a vaccine is coming and the curve is flattening. Bears point to record Fed and government packages that carry a huge cost. The bears, like Jeff Gundlach and Howard Marks, come from the bond market side. Naturally, they see much more…
Raising Cash – New Era Coming
These are truly unprecedented times. Over the last few days we’ve stepped out of the traditional wealth management playbook and have sold significant portions of our clients’ holdings. What started as a supply chain issue has rapidly turned into a health crisis followed by demand issues and a budding debt crisis. The sequence does not make a lot of sense now but it will eventually play out in full in the financial markets. As it becomes clearer that there is an incredible degree of unknown risks at play, here are some things to consider:
