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About Brent Ford

Brent is a Certified Financial Planner™ & Wealth Management Advisor at White Oak.

Tariffs and Market Stress

I hope you all are well, and that spring is springing in your neighborhood.  Asheville is coming along in its recovery.  Except for those hard-hit flooded areas of the region, things are mostly back to normal. What’s not normal were the market drops on Thursday and Friday. Across those two days, the S&P 500 dropped [...]

By |2025-04-06T13:30:41+00:00April 6th, 2025|Market Commentary|

Annual Regulatory Documents

As we communicated earlier in the year, White Oak's registration with the SEC brings new requirements for ensuring clients have easy access to the regulatory documents under which we operate.  Our up-to-date documents (ADV Part 2, Form CRS, Wrap Brochure, and Privacy Policy) can always be found on our website at this link: https://whiteoakfinancialmanagement.com/a-fiduciary-responsibility/.  Or you [...]

By |2025-04-02T15:44:04+00:00March 27th, 2025|Processes|

A Perspective on Trade Deficits & Tariffs

As you are likely aware, the market is down roughly 10% from recent highs. While corrections such as these are not uncommon (we get one per year on average), this one seems worse because it is linked to the heated rhetoric about U.S. trade policies, deficits, and tariffs. It is important to understand that if [...]

By |2025-04-02T15:31:49+00:00March 13th, 2025|Market Commentary|

Reflections on the Market (and Tariffs)

Spring is upon us, and I hope you all are well.   Asheville’s recovery continues although the progress is quite variable. Last fall’s storm was primarily a wind/tree event for some, a devasting flooding event for others.  Those communities that experienced flooding will take much longer to recover.  Thanks to all of you who have checked [...]

By |2025-04-02T15:32:17+00:00March 3rd, 2025|Market Commentary|

Important Information from White Oak

White Oak has experienced significant growth in the past few years, increasing both our number of clients and amount of assets under management. Therefore, we are happy to report that last August, White Oak shifted its registration from North Carolina (and other relevant states) to the Securities and Exchange Commission.  In doing so, we updated [...]

By |2025-04-02T15:38:48+00:00January 13th, 2025|Processes|

Fidelity Data Breach

Over the coming days, you may read or hear about a data breach at Fidelity.  While we have not received any official information from Fidelity, the information that has come out suggests that impacted clients have already been informed. Further, the breach may have been limited to clients in Massachusetts, Maine, and New Hampshire. Below [...]

By |2024-10-11T16:57:16+00:00October 11th, 2024|Processes|

Hurricane Helene & White Oak

Greetings White Oak Clients, This is Brent working on Priestley's computer at a temporary office (a Starbucks in Charlotte). As most of you have probably heard, Asheville was hit very hard by Helene on Friday. Tremendous flooding, untold numbers of downed trees and blocked roads, power is out as is the internet, telephone, most cell [...]

By |2024-10-11T16:45:39+00:00September 29th, 2024|Processes|

Falling Interest Rates & The Market

I hope you are all well.  Fall is in the air in Asheville with some nights cool enough to leave the windows open. The Federal Reserve is widely expected to begin a series of rate cuts when their meeting concludes on Wednesday. There is still debate among the talking heads about whether the cut will [...]

By |2024-09-16T16:04:35+00:00September 16th, 2024|Market Commentary|
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