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Samuel A. Kiburz

Samuel serves as Senior Vice President, Chief Investment Officer for the Crews family of banks. He manages the individual investment holdings of his clients, including individuals, families, foundations, and institutions throughout the State of Florida. Samuel has been involved in banking since 1996 and has more than 20 years experience working in wealth management.

Investments are not a deposit or other obligation of, or guaranteed by, the bank, are not FDIC insured, not insured by any federal government agency, and are subject to investment risks, including possible loss of principal.

Today's Market Notes - Russian Edition

As with all things, patience is the name of the game in the long run. Below are three notes about today.

Chart of the Day, Managing your Wealth

02/23/22

Rising and Falling Rates in Relation to Real Estate Prices

“A 1% decline in real interest rates should lead to a spike in home prices in certain cities in the U.S. ranging from 19% to 33%.” -Bloomberg (Feb. 23, 2022)

Chart of the Day

02/22/22

Russia vs. USA

It’s been a long slow slog for Russia. Seeing investors saying “let’s buy the dip.” But before that, Russia has some serious structural problems they need to overcome to become a good long term investment.

Chart of the Day

02/17/22

5% Pullbacks and Russia

Since 1927, the S&P 500 has experienced a pullback of five percent approximately every 70 trading days (about every 3 ½ months.)

Chart of the Day

02/10/22

Cooling of Housing Market

Three charts from an article in Bloomberg that shows the housing market may be cooling from higher rates, higher prices (making homes less affordable), and builders starting to ramp up supply.

Chart of the Day

02/7/22

Zero Real Rates

Yes, rates have climbed from their lows, but let’s hope we don’t look back on this and think that locking in a zero real return (1) for 30 years was a good investment at the time.

Chart of the Day

01/29/22

Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs) Continue to Grow

Lower cost, increased liquidity, better transparency, greater tax efficiencies, often more diversified, and for indexed ETFs there is no “drift” of the types of investments they make.

Estate Planning, Savings, Managing your Wealth

11/27/19

“Be Prepared” for Hiking the Investment Trail

Samuel A. Kiburz, who serves as Scoutmaster for a Boy Scout Troop in Punta Gorda and Chief Financial Officer for Crews Bank & Trust, sees several similarities between the two callings. He described those parallels in a column he wrote after taking his troop to a summer camp in the Ocala National Forest.

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