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How and why to choose a strong password
Choosing a strong password is one of the best ways to protect data and prevent cybercrime. We recommend the following best practices for creating and managing passwords to help protect your accounts -- whether they’re used to access employer or home networks, online...
Marti Awad talks entrepreneurism, leadership with women’s chamber members
The Colorado Women's Chamber provides great opportunities for women to grow professional and personally -- and there's one members-only program I want to ensure more people know about: the Women of Influence & Impact Leadership Program. It was an honor for me to...
The Helm: Q1 2019 Update
Welcome to Cardan Capital Partners’ fourth edition of “The Helm,” a quarterly market update providing a quick-hit look at general portfolio changes, our read of the markets and what we see ahead. Market update After 2018's discouraging fourth quarter, Federal Reserve...
David Fox named to Mi Casa Resource Center committees
Cardan Capital Partners is pleased to announce that Senior Portfolio Analyst David Fox has joined both the finance and investment committees for Mi Casa Resource Center, a nonprofit organization committed to advancing family prosperity. The center, grounded with...
Market update: Read bounce in bigger context
A big stock rally kicking off the second quarter, coupled with major first-quarter gains that have ushered indexes to near-record levels (for example, the Dow Jones Industrial Average is within 800 points of its high, and the S&P 500 index landed its biggest...
Embracing ‘Essentialism, The Disciplined Pursuit of Less’
Cardan Capital Partners is home to avid readers who are happy to recommend good books, news and industry reports, websites and articles — and not just about finance, either. Our latest: Essentialism, The Disciplined Pursuit of Less by Greg McKeown In his engaging and...
Sarah Keys completes Charles Schwab Executive Leadership Program
The entire Cardan Capital Partners team is pleased to share that co-founding partner Sarah Keys recently completed the Charles Schwab Executive Leadership Program, an exclusive and competitive one-year program designed for management personnel within investment...
The innate advantages of women financial advisors
Today, less than 20% of financial advisors are women, and the numbers shrink further when narrowed to the highest levels of the profession. Yet more than two decades of professional experience has shown me that we women financial advisors have some innate advantages....
Farren Henry named to Girls Inc. committee
Community service is a core value at Cardan Capital Partners, and our team regularly seeks opportunities to help girls be healthy and productive members of society. So, we're pleased to share that Senior Client Associate Farren Henry has joined the fundraising...
Cardan Capital names Julie Goodrum Chief Compliance Officer
Cardan Capital Partners is pleased to announce that Julie Goodrum has joined our team as Chief Compliance Officer. She is charged with overseeing and managing regulatory compliance within our organization. She also will assist in human resources, operations and...
Cardan celebrates International Women’s Day 2019
Cardan Capital Partners is proud to have been a sponsor of World Denver's 2019 International Women's Day Luncheon, joining the global celebration of women's economic, political and social achievements. The day is also a call to action to work for gender parity...
da Vinci sheds light on creativity and investing
No matter the industry, discipline or life goal, creativity has been one of the greatest drivers of success. For a look at the creative mind, there are few better to study than Renaissance Italian artist, scientist and inventor Leonardo da Vinci. In his latest...
Donor Advised Fund a tax-efficient way to give
Cardan Capital Partners co-founding partner Marti Awad has joined the investment committee of Rose Community Foundation, historically one of the most important nonprofit organizations in Denver. Marti considers it an honor to lend her expertise to the oversight of...
Why investors should care about infrastructure
Every four years, the American Society of Civil Engineers issues a report card with letter grades reflecting the condition and performance of the nation's infrastructure -- and the current grade average sits at a miserable D+. Airports, bridges, levees, ports, public...
The Helm: 2018 in review, 2019 in focus
Welcome to Cardan Capital Partners’ third edition of “The Helm,” a quarterly market update providing a quick-hit look at general portfolio changes, our read of the markets and what we see ahead. Later this year, we will roll out a quarterly chart-book highlighting the...
Market update: Federal Reserve rate hike
The Federal Reserve today announced its decision to proceed with a December rate hike of the federal funds rate. This is the fourth rate hike in 2018 and the ninth since the Fed started raising rates in 2015, each time with an increase of a quarter-percentage point...
Psychologist: We’re not the logical, rational thinkers we fancy ourselves
Cardan Capital Partners is home to avid readers who are happy to recommend good books, news and industry reports, websites and articles — and not just about finance, either. Our latest: Thinking, Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman This award-winning book from 2011 is...
Recommended reading: Journey from isolated survivalist to scholar
Cardan Capital Partners is home to avid readers who are happy to recommend good books, news and industry reports, websites and articles — and not just about finance, either. Our latest: Educated: A Memoir by Tara Westover Heavy — but compelling — reading alert:...
Market update on global stock market drop
Global stock markets dropped sharply today with the Dow, S&P 500 and NASDAQ each falling more than 3%. The catalysts appear to have been concerns over the truce in the trade war between the United States and China, uncertainty over the outcome of Brexit, and an...
End of Year 2018 — Maneuvering Delicately
“Every past decline looks like an opportunity, every future decline looks like a risk.” Morgan Housel If past declines look like opportunities and future declines look like risk, declines lived in real-time are trials of patience and fortitude. The uncertainty around...
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