{"id":327,"date":"2026-04-04T19:22:53","date_gmt":"2026-04-04T19:22:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bicc1968.com\/?page_id=327"},"modified":"2026-07-21T00:13:25","modified_gmt":"2026-07-21T00:13:25","slug":"communications","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/bicc1968.com\/?page_id=327","title":{"rendered":"Communications"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"327\" class=\"elementor elementor-327\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6d23fbe e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"6d23fbe\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9c51bfa elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"9c51bfa\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Communications<\/span><\/h1>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e03e43b e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"e03e43b\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-abdfaff elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"abdfaff\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">OUR MANAGEMENT PROCESS BEGINS <\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">WITH A CONVERSATION THAT LASTS FOR YEARS<\/span><\/h1><p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Define<\/strong> your investment objective, determine your time horizon, risk tolerance and liquidity needs<br \/><\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Assess<\/strong> how your portfolio is aligned with your investment objective, tax and risk profile<br \/><\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Articulate<\/strong> what risk your capital is taking for the reward it is producing and at what expense<br \/><\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Allocate<\/strong> your portfolio based upon our conversation, assessment and analysis<br \/><\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Repeat<\/strong> the entire process and re-balance your portfolio at regular intervals<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d090646 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"d090646\" data-element_type=\"container\" 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sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post__text\">\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-post__title\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/bicc1968.com\/?p=345\" >\n\t\t\t\tSummer 2026\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post__meta-data\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-post-author\">\n\t\t\tAndy Killion\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-post-date\">\n\t\t\tJune 30, 2026\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post__excerpt\">\n\t\t\t<p>TOPICS AND THOUGHTS Iran War: began February 28th and is unwinding but its status remains unclear. The war is challenging the adage \u201cbuy on the sound of cannons and sell on the sound of trumpets\u201d as the market has really shown few signs of letting up since the war began. Ukraine War: began February 24th,<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t<a class=\"elementor-post__read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/bicc1968.com\/?p=345\" aria-label=\"Read more about Summer 2026\" tabindex=\"-1\" >\n\t\t\tRead More \u00bb\t\t<\/a>\n\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/article>\n\t\t\t\t<article class=\"elementor-post elementor-grid-item post-311 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-andy-killion category-spring-2026-review\" role=\"listitem\">\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-post__thumbnail__link\" href=\"https:\/\/bicc1968.com\/?p=311\" tabindex=\"-1\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post__thumbnail\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"158\" src=\"https:\/\/bicc1968.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/2026-anthropic-quote-social-300x158.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-image-312\" alt=\"2026 Spring review\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bicc1968.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/2026-anthropic-quote-social-300x158.jpg 300w, https:\/\/bicc1968.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/2026-anthropic-quote-social-1024x538.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/bicc1968.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/2026-anthropic-quote-social-768x403.jpg 768w, https:\/\/bicc1968.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/2026-anthropic-quote-social.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post__text\">\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-post__title\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/bicc1968.com\/?p=311\" >\n\t\t\t\tSpring 2026\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post__meta-data\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-post-author\">\n\t\t\tAndy Killion\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-post-date\">\n\t\t\tMarch 30, 2026\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post__excerpt\">\n\t\t\t<p>an entirely artificial market quip mimicking the Sage of Omaha created in less than a minute from a simple query to Claude AI***** \u00a0 EMPIRICALS First quarter 2026 was active with two wars, continued disruptive changes to US trade policies and a new disruptive force brought on by Google, Claude AI, ChatGPT, Grok and Co-Pilot.<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t<a class=\"elementor-post__read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/bicc1968.com\/?p=311\" aria-label=\"Read more about Spring 2026\" tabindex=\"-1\" >\n\t\t\tRead More \u00bb\t\t<\/a>\n\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/article>\n\t\t\t\t<article class=\"elementor-post elementor-grid-item post-299 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-2025-review category-andy-killion\" role=\"listitem\">\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-post__thumbnail__link\" href=\"https:\/\/bicc1968.com\/?p=299\" tabindex=\"-1\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post__thumbnail\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"158\" src=\"https:\/\/bicc1968.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/2025_social-300x158.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-image-301\" alt=\"2025 Review by Andy Killion\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bicc1968.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/2025_social-300x158.jpg 300w, https:\/\/bicc1968.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/2025_social-1024x538.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/bicc1968.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/2025_social-768x403.jpg 768w, https:\/\/bicc1968.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/2025_social.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post__text\">\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-post__title\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/bicc1968.com\/?p=299\" >\n\t\t\t\t2025 in Review\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post__meta-data\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-post-author\">\n\t\t\tAndy Killion\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-post-date\">\n\t\t\tDecember 31, 2025\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post__excerpt\">\n\t\t\t<p>\u201cIf you\u2019ve got a dollar and you spend 29 cents on a loaf of bread, you\u2019ve got 71 cents left, but if you\u2019ve got seventeen grand and you spend 29 cents on a loaf of bread, you\u2019ve still got seventeen grand. 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