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Investment Strategies for Tech Professionals in the Bay Area

Investment Strategies for Tech Professionals in the Bay Area

As a professional in the tech industry, your work may involve innovation, cutting-edge technology, and rapid growth. However, navigating the world of personal finance requires a different set of skills. At Sand Hill Global Advisors, we understand the unique financial challenges faced by tech workers and offer tailored investment strategies to help you make the most of your wealth.

The Last Mile Logistics of a Liquidity Event

The Last Mile Logistics of a Liquidity Event

For founders, early-stage employees, and executives alike, the opportunity for a sizable personal liquidity event is the result of considerable talent, tremendous amounts of work, and a little bit of luck. But while building a company or product has brought them to the doorstep of an IPO or sale of a concentrated position, it’s at the end of the journey where operational execution is required to harvest the full rewards of their efforts.

Q&A: Complexities of Intergenerational Wealth

Q&A: Complexities of Intergenerational Wealth

What are the situations that gen-one families are dealing with when coming into sudden wealth? How should families navigate through some of that process of making difficult decisions?

What Is an Index Fund?

What Is an Index Fund?

If you are interested in diversifying your portfolio and would like to remain cost and tax conscious, index funds may be a great solution! The question you may be asking is, “What are index funds?”

As Seen in Investopedia: Suitability vs. Fiduciary Standards: What's the Difference?

As Seen in Investopedia: Suitability vs. Fiduciary Standards: What's the Difference?

Investment advisers and investment brokers, who work for broker-dealers, both tailor their investment advice to individuals and institutional clients. However, they are not governed by the same standards.

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.

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.

Why It’s Time To Manage Your Company Stock

Why It’s Time To Manage Your Company Stock

In this installment of the Sand Hill Interview Series, Senior Wealth Manager Kristin Sun, CFP®, CDFA®, and Co-Chief Investment Officer Mark Strahs discuss how stock concentrations have become a huge driver of today’s wealth, and the importance of diversifying away from stock concentrations.

The Psychology of Wealth and Complex Family Dynamics

The Psychology of Wealth and Complex Family Dynamics

In this Sand Hill Video Series, Chief Wealth Manager Sara Craven will interview Marlis Jansen and Kjartan, Founders of Graddha, a consulting firm that helps families with substantial means understand and embrace wealth.

A Guide to Navigating the Financial Planning Landscape

A Guide to Navigating the Financial Planning Landscape

Although equity markets are down significantly from their highs just a month ago, there are various personal financial planning strategies that could warrant immediate attention.

Concentrated Stock: Where Company (Stock) Loyalty Can Be a Risk

Concentrated Stock: Where Company (Stock) Loyalty Can Be a Risk

All too often — as a result of this generally welcome benefit — we see investors accepting too much personal financial risk by carrying oversized concentrations of the common stock and/or stock options of their employer.