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2021

Gifting Strategies During Life to Help Reduce Estate Taxes

Gifting Strategies During Life to Help Reduce Estate Taxes

Amassing wealth comes with many benefits, but having a substantial estate comes with the repercussions of elevated taxes. Gifting portions of your assets to mitigate tax ramifications is possibly a reasonable strategy.

5 Things to Think About Before Buying a Vacation Home

5 Things to Think About Before Buying a Vacation Home

Watch Sand Hill Global Advisor's video about the most important things to consider before buying your dream vacation home in this frenzied real estate market, such as the cost, location, investment potential, tax impact, and exit strategy.

Top Passions Reignited During Covid

Top Passions Reignited During Covid

Many Americans reignited long-forgotten passions amidst the exhausting and traumatic months of lock-down caused by this pandemic. With stress at an all-time high and the CDC heavily cautioning against face-to-face socialization, they turned to interests they hadn’t partaken of in years. Here are some of the top pastimes they pursued.

Luxury Collectible Investing

Luxury Collectible Investing

Recently, investors are expanding into the realm of luxury collectibles to augment their portfolios. With the right passion and knowledge, high-end collecting can offer potential monetary gains. This decade-long trend is well documented, and it’s easy to see why it has captured the imagination of investors and venture capitalists around the world.

A New Post-Pandemic Normal

A New Post-Pandemic Normal

At Sand Hill, we seek to provide each and every one of our clients with a customized long-term wealth strategy that will take them into a bright financial future. We are passionate about providing financial planning solutions and independent investment management strategies to support our clients’ lifestyle.

How Community Foundations Can Help Us Give Meaningfully

How Community Foundations Can Help Us Give Meaningfully

Barry Taylor, Senior Wealth Manager and Managing Director at Sand Hill Global Advisors joins Pamela Doherty, Senior Director of Gift Planning and Acting Chief of Philanthropy of The San Francisco Foundation to discuss what the role of community foundations is with prospective donors, if donors can just give locally, what a typical engagement looks like for donors, what a donor advised fund is, and more.

Dreams for Sale: Buying a Vacation Home

Dreams for Sale: Buying a Vacation Home

Vacation living can be fabulous. The stress of daily meal preparation, schedules and work commitments fade away, allowing you to reconnect with family and friends in a way that can be challenging to do in your regular life.

Fire Risk and Homeowners Insurance

Fire Risk and Homeowners Insurance

The devastating wildfires in California that did so much damage in the past few years are now impacting pricing and availability of homeowners insurance coverage in the state, affecting everything from primary residences in many suburban locations to popular vacation home spots like Napa Valley, Sonoma, Lake Tahoe and elsewhere. This comes on top of a decades-long increase in the overall national cost of all homeowners claims—including other types of severe natural disasters like extreme hurricanes and tornadoes.

Brenda Vingiello’s Outlook on Inflation | July 27, 2021

Brenda Vingiello’s Outlook on Inflation | July 27, 2021

For the better part of the last decade, Central Banks around the world have battled deflation as globalization, technological innovation, and slow economic growth have weighed on prices.

Divorce and 7 Other Events that Trigger an Estate Plan Review

Divorce and 7 Other Events that Trigger an Estate Plan Review

In the current political environment, all eyes are focused on what possible new estate tax changes might become law given the new administration’s campaign proposals.

The Changing Landscape of Homeowner's Insurance in CA Due to Fire Risk

The Changing Landscape of Homeowner's Insurance in CA Due to Fire Risk

Sand Hill's Senior Wealth Manager Steve Peterson and Senior Managing Director at the specialty brokerage firm Risk Strategies, John O'Neill, discuss the the changing landscape of homeowner's insurance in California due to fire risk.

The Search for a Financial Advisor

The Search for a Financial Advisor

We all want our financial journey to be clear, straightforward, and dependable. We want our growth to follow a steady upward trajectory with no surprises, anchored in wisdom and unshakeable strategy.

Retirement: Who Am I Now?

Retirement: Who Am I Now?

It’s one of the biggest life events anyone can achieve. You’ve successfully navigated a long and fulfilling career and your reward awaits: the blissful stage of retirement. Remember that last final in college? That feeling of freedom?

When Is It Time to Hire a Financial Advisor?

When Is It Time to Hire a Financial Advisor?

When it comes to finances, everyone has a unique situation and a diverse collection of personal goals. Meeting those aspirations can be difficult in the best of circumstances, but navigating relentless change can make things challenging.

Women’s History Month: CNBC Spotlights Sand Hill’s Brenda Vingiello | March 10, 2021

Women’s History Month: CNBC Spotlights Sand Hill’s Brenda Vingiello  | March 10, 2021

On March 10, 2021, Women’s History Month is here! To spotlight women in the financial world, CNBC asked Sand Hill’s Chief Investment Officer Brenda Vingiello to share her advice to aspiring women everywhere. Click on the link to watch Brenda talk about the power of investing in your own voice and the rewards of taking a chance!