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Blankinship & Foster was ranked with 10 other investment advisory firms located in San Diego California. The 10 firms on the AdvisoryHQ ranking list were not ranked from 1 to 10, so it should not be assumed that we wereREAD MORE

It’s tax season. The filing deadline to submit 2015 tax returns is Monday, April 18, 2016, rather than the traditional April 15 date. The IRS urges taxpayers to help protect against identity theft by utilizing their security safeguards, and alsoREAD MORE

As we look back on the financial markets in 2015, what really stands out is how poor returns were across the globe and across asset classes (stocks, bonds, commodities, etc.). Among the major global stock markets, the United States wasREAD MORE

If there is one theme from the past three months, it is that volatility has returned. At the beginning of the quarter, investors were actively discussing the possibility of Greece leaving the Euro currency (a “Grexit”) and markets were convincedREAD MORE

As the quarter drew to a close, all eyes were being drawn to Greece in echoes of 2011. Greece made headlines for its June 30 default on a debt payment to the International Monetary Fund (IMF) amidst increasingly fraught negotiationsREAD MORE