Insights
How to sell your business
If you had to boil “selling a business” down to one word, we might pick complicated. Selling a business requires owners to think through tax, legal, and financial considerations for themselves and the business. Beyond that, many owners have an emotional connection to what they’ve built, meaning there’s a certain X factor involved when it comes to finding the right buyer. In this article, we’ll walk through some of the high-level ways you can start to prepare your business for a sale.
Why even wealthy families need budgets
At its core, budgeting is about money coming in and money going out. Anyone who earns and spends money has a budget. Let’s walk through a few ways budgeting applies to wealthy families, and why being strategic about your budget can help you optimize your income and assets.
Get the most out of your employee benefits
When your company offers you a benefit, take it. These benefits have monetary value, and taking advantage of them can boost your overall financial health. However, many people aren’t aware of the ever-expanding array of perks they may encounter from employers. Let’s go over some of the more common employee benefits and how to ensure you’re getting the most out of them.
How to manage the emotional impact of sudden wealth
A sudden influx of money—the kind that comes from an inheritance, settlement, sale of a business, or similar big money event—can come with emotional strings attached. In fact, large paydays have such an emotional impact that therapists have begun referring to the phenomenon as sudden wealth syndrome.
August 2025 market update
July saw an unrelenting spate of tariff news, shock firings of high-profile government personnel, the President feuding with the Fed and the richest man in the world, and data releases that upended the status quo. The beginning of August brought some clarity to July data - read on for more.
Is grad school worth it?
Whether you’re considering going back to school for an MBA or pondering law school after you graduate, spend some time thinking about the potential return on the investment before you commit.
July 2025 market update
June saw a further complication of the macro situation as U.S. military involvement in Iran was added to ongoing tariff confusion and a worsening of the economic outlook for the balance of 2025 and into 2026. The month also saw the progress through Congress of the “Big, Beautiful Bill” that will potentially massively increase the deficit and a very public breakup between the richest man in the world and the most powerful one.
The Quorum Private Wealth guide to trusts
Trusts (or trust funds) are one of those financial planning terms that starts to feel diluted over time. People have a general sense of what trusts are, but many would be hard pressed to define the specifics. Given how important trusts can be to a strong financial, estate, and tax plan, we want to spend some time getting into the details and specifics of trusts. We’ll cover what trusts are (and how they work) as well as common types of trusts and when you might consider using them.
