Happy Employees make for Happy Clients (4Q24 Chairman's Newsletter)
December 15, 2024 Chris Weil and guest writer Kit-Victoria (Weil) Wells Caution when expressing pride at a particular achievement is...
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Jul 129 min read
Solving the DAF Problem (3Q24 Chairman's Newsletter)
July 15, 2024 Chris Weil At Christopher Weil & Company we have philanthropy in our DNA. We have for many years routinely supported a...
Jan 229 min read
Achieving Excellence in Enterprise Function (1Q24 Chairman's Newsletter)
January 15, 2024 Chris Weil What this quarter’s newsletter is not, is my swan song, although it might read as such. Since first becoming...
Oct 16, 20238 min read
Thirty-two years on, how did we get here? (4Q23 Chairman's Newsletter)
October 15, 2023 Chris Weil Every now and again you have a moment when you glimpse above the fray and see clearly how the journey got you...
Jul 14, 20239 min read
Nobody Knows Anything: A Good Place to Start (3Q23 Quarterly Newsletter)
July 15, 2023 Chris Weil The very successful screenwriter William Goldman (“The Princess Bride,” “All the President’s Men,” “Butch...
Apr 11, 202310 min read
Thoughts on the Collapse of Silicon Valley Bank (2Q23 Quarterly Newsletter)
April 15, 2023 The truth that has been brought home to the millions of us who are bank customers by the Silicon Valley Bank experience is...
Jan 15, 202310 min read
Does ESG Make Business Sense? (1Q23 Quarterly Newsletter)
January 15, 2023 In my last quarterly commentary, I wrote on the emergence of Environmental, Social and Governance (“ESG”) criteria as...
Oct 14, 20228 min read
What Would Milton Friedman Think of ESG? (4Q22 Quarterly Newsletter)
October 15, 2022 To: Clients & Friends From: Chris Weil A number of conservative State Attorneys General recently delivered a letter to...
Jul 26, 20229 min read
How To Prepare for a Stock Market That Can Break A Heart (3Q22 Quarterly Newsletter)
Recall Murphy’s Law: if something can go wrong, it will go wrong. Append Weil’s corollary: Murphy was an optimist.
Apr 14, 20229 min read
Retirement and Tennyson (2Q22 Quarter Newsletter)
April 15, 2022 TO: CLIENTS & FRIENDS FROM: CHRIS WEIL NOTICE: This Report & Commentary includes comments regarding what is normally a...
Jan 25, 20228 min read
Financial Advisory in the Information Age (1Q22 Quarterly Newsletter)
Can Google be your Financial Planner? We argue that its relationship building and nuance that give us the edge.
Oct 26, 20219 min read
The Four Rules of Long-Held Assets (4Q21 Quarterly Newsletter)
October 15, 2021 Generally, the older you get the stickier your assets become. The reasons? Over time, people tend to become comfortable...
Jul 23, 202111 min read
Home Ownership & Tax Policy: Capital Inequity & One Consequence (3Q21 Quarterly Newsletter)
July 15, 2021 I have thought long and hard about whether to write on the subject of income inequality. It is not that the data itself is...
Apr 16, 20219 min read
Why it makes good sense to keep growing wealth (2Q21 Quarterly Newsletter)
April 15, 2021 Latin – once a mandatory language for the educated classes, at least in the Western world – has long since fallen out of...
Jan 15, 202110 min read
A Mantra for 2021: “Let Normal be the New Normal.” (1Q21 Quarterly Newsletter)
January 15, 2021 A mantra for 2021: “Let normal be the new normal.” The problem is, of course, that “normal” has always and forever...
Oct 14, 202013 min read
Diversity and Inclusion at WEIL (4Q20 Newsletter)
Chris reflects on his early days as a sales trainee, the benefits of being viewed and treated as a colleague, and why that matters as we str
Jul 15, 202010 min read
Musings on Covid's Economic Impact (3Q20 Newsletter)
What we are experiencing now is certainly a “terrible moment.” And when the history of this “moment” is written, and outcomes known, my scen
Apr 21, 202010 min read
A Message about our Investment Philosophy from Chris (2Q20 Newsletter)
A message that started out as a memo to staff is expanded upon in this newsletter as Chris elaborates on his investment management philosoph
Mar 14, 20206 min read
The Case For Calm (E-blast)
The expanding COVID-19 pandemic—and the resulting extreme volatility in the stock market—has made many people understandably nervous (if not
Jan 15, 202011 min read
Reviewing Estate Plans: The New Years Resolution Everyone Avoids (1Q20 Newsletter)
“Review my estate plan” is not usually high on the list of typical New Year’s resolutions. Nor will your heart likely skip a beat (as it mig
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