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think the coast is clear enough for me to say it’s spring! At least it looks like and feels like and smells like spring, and certainly about time, too, after as cold and snowy a winter as I can remember here in Guilderland. Yet it is springtime, and the hiking trails at Tawasentha Park are full of walkers and runners, Western Turnpike Golf Course is filled with golfers, the fields at Nott Road, Di Caprio, and Keenholts Parks are in full use for a variety of warm-weather sports. In our residential neighborhoods, the scents of new growth are in the air and the sounds of lawnmowers are in our ears. This is truly a time of year when I think that most of us would agree that it’s great to live in Guilderland.

I would like to express the Town’s gratitude to the members of several local Boy Scout troops for once again being involved in a service day project on April 27 to maintain and improve our hiking trails in Tawasentha Park. For the eighth consecutive year, the Scouts and their adult leaders spent part of their weekend working to cut back brush, spread stone and wood chips on trails, and to do whatever else was needed to make the trails safer and more pleasant for the walkers and runners who use them. Participants in this year’s event were youth and leaders from Troops 24, 33, 50, 83, and 264. Their efforts really make a difference!

Western Turnpike Golf Course is open for the season, and bustling with activity. Although our spring opening was delayed slightly as a result of that long winter most of us would care to forget, the course came through the cold months in good shape, and playing conditions are now excellent, thanks to

the hard work of our groundskeeping crew.

Please call the Pro Shop at 456-0786 for information on spring specials or to book a tee time, and remember that Guilderland residents always get special rates when they present a resident identification card. If you are a resident but don’t have a card, you can obtain one at the Pro Shop with proof of Town residency.

As spring moves along, it’s important for families that need to make plans for children’s activities this summer to remember that registration is currently open for Guilderland’s popular day camp and sports/activities camp programs. The half-day day camp and the sports and enrichment camps are a familiar part of summer in Guilderland, and a lot of sessions reach maximum enrollment early, so I urge you to check your options promptly. Program brochures were distributed last month, but if you need an additional copy, please call the Parks Office at 456-3150. You can also get complete information and register for programs on-line at www.guilderlandrec.com.

The fourth annual “MudMania” event will take place on Saturday, June 14 at Tawasentha Park. The event will include both competitive and “fun run” components, with several races setting off throughout the day, along with food and entertainment. Nobody knows what the weather will be that day, but no matter what, there will be plenty of mud throughout the course. Complete details and registration are available at www.tawasenthamudmania.com The schedule has now been finalized for the thirty-fifth consecutive year of free music programming presented at the Guilderland Performing Arts Center. The series will open with “Nervosity”, a show featuring regional high school bands, on Friday, June 20, and will continue on Thursday evenings through mid-August. As always, the series will feature several performances by the popular Guilderland Town Band. Complete program information is available at www.townofguilderland.org.

It’s a busy time of year in Guilderland, but I think we all appreciate it after a lengthy winter season. Please enjoy all there is to do in our community, but travel safely to do it!

Ken Runion, Supervisor

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GTM Payroll has a great program for our members, and they have more than just payroll.

They can help with insurance, human resource services, time and labor management and more!

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For small businesses with no IT department, Liberteks, in addition to their general services they can provide businesses has a program also just for GCC members that helps businesses manage their technology services on the cloud to help with a faster performance, back up and disaster recovery. They can give you a free walk through analysis.

Google Indoors is our newest service we are providing chamber members and is a great way to get people through your door without them leaving their house. What’s the point you ask? For restaurants, retail spaces, warehouses, non-profits, fitness centers, and more this invaluable service will let customers and potential customers check out your place so they can make plans before hand and will bring an appeal to bring more people in to dine, shop, visit, or support your place of business.

For more information on these programs and the chamber give me a call at 456-6611 or email me at egauthier@guilderlandchamber.com.

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SAVE THE DATE “Win, Place or Show” Golf Tournament Tuesday, August 12, 2014 Western Turnpike Golf Course

The St. Madeleine Sophie School Home & School Association will be holding our first “Win, Place or Show Golf Tournament” on Tuesday, August 12, 2014 at the Western Turnpike Golf Course in Guilderland. Please join us!

In the past two years enrollment at St. Madeleine Sophie School has increased and we look forward to continued growth. Your support will positively impact our school and the lives of the children who attend it.

We are thrilled with this growth and through your assistance we will continue to provide students in Pre-K through Fifth grade with academic excellence rooted in faith. Your participation in our tournament supports our long, proud tradition of welcoming any child whose family seeks the gift of a quality Catholic education regardless of their financial circumstances.

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We need golfers….and people who want to have fun! The tournament will be a 4-person scramble format with a 9:00 a.m. shotgun start. Your registration fee of $125 per person includes a cart, lunch and a steak or chicken clambake dinner.

Please consider inviting some friends, for a day of fun and fundraising. Simply complete the attached form and return it to St. Madeleine Sophie School no later than July 30, 2014. You’re not a golfer? That’s ok! You’re welcome to join us at our celebratory dinner at 3:00pm.

We also need sponsors! All sponsors of our golf tournament

will be acknowledged in our program and on the school website.

Our goal for this tournament is $20,000 and through your generosity, this goal can become a reality.

St. Madeleine Sophie School is a special place. Through the collaboration of dedicated faculty, staff and parents we work to provide academic excellence by recognizing, respecting and nurturing the unique gifts of our students, enabling them to reach their full potential. We hope you will consider partnering with us in this very important mission.

Please know that our children are grateful for the privilege of attending this incredible Catholic school. Your generosity will help make a difference in the lives of all of our students.

Many thanks and may God bless you!

Laura Hosey and Pam Smith – Event Chairwomen To Sponsor or for additional information, please call 355-3080.

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GUILDERLAND CHAMBER MEMBER SPOTLIGHT Interview with Bill Lia Jr. VENT Fitness

Q. Are you known for anything special?

We offer some of most unique and innovative private and small group training programs such as our NXT series, which can only be found at VENT Fitness.

Q. How long have you been in business?

VENT Fitness began as an independent brand in January of 2013, almost a year and a half ago. The facilities previously operated under the same ownership but as a Gold’s Gym franchise since 1991.

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In 1991, there were very few options for health and fitness facilities in the Capital District. Having grown up in a family who ran successful franchises in the auto industry, we realized there might be a similar opportunity in the health and fitness industry. Shortly after graduating from Siena, my brother and I learned about Gold’s Gym and after some due diligence moved forward with partnering with the franchise.

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REAL ESTATE EXPERT REVEALS LITTLE KNOWN SECRET OF HOW PROPERTY ASSESSMENT CAN COST YOU THOUSANDS WHEN YOU SELL YOUR HOME! Guilderland NY- Spring is upon us and it means many things, including melting snow, blooming flowers, and kids playing outside again. It also means it’s time to review your property tax assessment. Market values have changed dramatically over the past several years and many, many property assessments are outrageously inaccurate. Town assessors simply don’t have the ability to personally inspect the interior of each home as a real estate professional does. Towns also can’t afford to complete town wide valuations each year. It really isn’t the assessor’s or town’s fault. They have a daunting task of valuing thousands of properties with limited time and resources. However, when the market changes often the homeowner is left paying hundreds if not thousands more each year in property taxes than they should. If you are thinking of selling your home or just concerned that you are over paying on your property taxes you owe it to yourself to review your property assessment.

Homeowner’s often spend weeks to months preparing their homes for sale. They will paint, remove clutter, and remodel to get top dollar when they sell. However, the property tax assessment is one area most homeowners overlook prior to sale. There is a direct correlation between the tax burden on a home and what a buyer can afford or is willing to pay. A lower tax burden simply allows a buyer to afford more home and allocate funds from the tax payment to the mortgage payment, which is obviously preferable to the seller. We recently listed a home for $99,000 that is grossly over assessed and has a tax burden of $7,200. Buyers qualifying for a $100,000 mortgage can’t buy this home because the tax burden per month is more than the mortgage payment and more than any other $100,000 home in the area. In another example, we recently listed a $600,000 home with an assessment over $800,000. The result was a tax burden $6,500+- more than competing $600,000 homes. It makes it hard to compete when a buyer can buy a similar home with $6,500/year lower property tax bill. If you

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So what can you do? There are two main ways to contest your assessment. 1) You can compare your assessment to that of your neighbors. Your town assessor can help you pull the assessments of neighboring homes and many have it available online. 2) You can contest your assessment on the basis of market value. If you think your current assessment over values your home start with an online estimate of your property value at www.albanynyhomevalues.com . This is our site and will provide you an instant range of value for your home.

In most towns the time to grieve assessments is the first few weeks in May. Grievance forms are available online or simply email kevin@clancyrealestate.com with your property address and we will be happy to send you the forms to submit to your town. A little time invested now can have you hundreds to thousands of dollars on your tax bill and when you sell your home.

Kevin Clancy has been providing real estate appraisal and brokerage services in the Capital District for the past 18 years. A NYS real estate broker, general certified real estate appraiser, and best selling author, Kevin received an undergraduate degree in marketing from Siena College and an MBA from the University at Albany. He resides in Altamont with his wife and two daughters. Kevin can be reached in the office at 518-861-7016.

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What if Rachel and her family lived in New York and Rachel sued here? What would Rachel’s rights be to sue her parents for child support in New York?

In New York, a parent has a duty to support a child until that child’s 21st birthday. There are exceptions to this, such as if the child is married, joins the military, or is over the age of 18 and employed fulltime. Assuming that none of the exceptions apply to Rachel, she is entitled to child support from her parents as long she is under the age of 21. Even if Rachel is 18 and spends her day loafing around on the couch, her parents have an obligation to support her. A parent may feel she is in a “no man’s land.”

The child isn’t doing anything bad, he’s just not doing anything, and the parents still have to support him.

But what if Rachel moves out of her parents’ home because does not like their motto of “our house, our rules”? Even worse, what if Rachel is living at home, staying out until all hours, bringing anyone home she pleases, using drugs, etc.? Do Rachel’s parents still have an obligation to support her? Based on this example, Rachel’s parents could argue that Rachel is “constructively emancipated” and that she is not entitled to child support. “Constructive emancipation” is a legal doctrine in which the law treats a child, although under the age of 21, as emancipated from her parents. In order to prove constructive emancipation applies, Rachel’s parents must show that Rachel:

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If Rachel’s parents can prove (1) through (3) above, then the Rachel will be deemed to have forfeited her right to child support from her parents.

Constructive emancipation is a sophisticated concept and it takes good lawyering to successfully prove that this doctrine applies to a particular situation. Unfortunately, as we saw from the New Jersey case, constructive emancipation cases can tear families apart and damage the relationship between the parents and the child.

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TEA BY ANY OTHER NAME… Relaxing chamomile tea, refreshing hibiscus-based fruit teas and caffeine free rooibos don’t come from the tea plant. So why do we call them teas? The word “tea” typically gets generalized for a drink made by steeping anything in hot water. Technically, if what you’re steeping isn’t from the tea plant, it is a tisane.

Fruit tisanes are especially popular. Most have a hibiscus base which is tart. These make great iced teas. Strawberry Festival, Blueberry Jubilee, Orange Pineapple Punch and Black and Blue (all the berries you can imagine) are some favorites at Short and Stout. Add a little bit of sugar and the flavor is as bold as a juice rather than what most people think of as tea.

Herbal tisanes are also very popular. Many of these tisanes are functional ayurvedics (a-your-vay-dics - Indian system of medicine). Most people have heard of calming chamomile tea. There is no denying the effects of many plant-based tisanes and the affect on the body. We also have Cold Chaser and Spring Relief tisanes that customers swear by. Try it with local honey that we have in the store.

Not only is it flavor-enhancing but honey produced from local flowers can also provide further allergy relief.

Rooibos (roy-boss) is a bush in South Africa that is wellregarded as a tea alternative because of its robust flavor and its natural caffeine free quality. At Short and Stout we’ve added a twist with a wide variety of flavored Rooibos.

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Tea is only half of what’s available at Short and Stout. If you haven’t tried Fruit, Herbal, Rooibos or Yerba Mate tisanes you are missing another world just as rich as tea.

It’s a perfect time of year to try a Hibiscus- based fruit tisane, hot or iced. You won’t be disappointed. And for the gardeners out there, don’t forget to plant all those wonderful herbs and flowers that can be enjoyed as tisanes, too.

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The techniques we must learn are often alien to our bodies and difficult to achieve. Without implementing the skill of perseverance, a student might give up.

The easiest example of perseverance to demonstrate application to everyday life is breaking technique. In Taekwondo we practice our foot and hand techniques on boards and cement slabs. Sometimes accomplishing the break can take multiple tries, but each and every student must eventually succeed; they must persevere. The student learns slowly how to persevere and eventually applies the skill seamlessly to everyday life. When they are faced with a challenge in life, they remember how hard they worked to learn Taekwondo and how hard it was to break a giant stack of cement, and compared to those things, their everyday challenge diminishes. It is easier to cope, because they have overcome significant physical and mental challenges in Taekwondo. Breaking things with Taekwondo techniques is a parallel to the challenges we face in life which gives us practice in coping by perseverance.

force us to persevere. In these situations we persevere because we have to. Before you find yourself forced into a situation that requires your perseverance, place yourself in situations that require it. By doing this you can get used to persevering, or as I like to say, “powering through it”. It doesn’t have to be Taekwondo or any martial art for that matter. But find some ways to put yourself on the spot, to push yourself for physical achievement, make it hurt a little and gain from it, because sooner or later, we will get hurt, and we will have to persevere.

Practice often, practice now, so that you cope and persevere when you least expect that you will have to.

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Sometimes we can put ourselves into situations that require perseverance so that we can practice such as board breaking, running, giving a speech, leading a group, or enduring weather while ice fishing. Sometimes we are thrust into situations that

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Bone health is such an important aspect of human growth and development. From the moment children are born we are thinking of calcium intake for strong bones. As we age, we are thinking of preventing osteoporosis and keeping our bones healthy. So what can you do to maintain strong bones?

The 3 most important nutrients are calcium, vitamin D and vitamin K. The combination of these mega bone building nutrients will give you the best chance at fighting bone loss.

Calcium: It should be pretty much engrained in your brain by now that calcium is necessary for strong bones. It is always best to try to get as many of your nutrients from food before adding a supplement. Good sources of calcium are found in cheese, yogurt, milk, dark leafy greens, blackstrap molasses, black-eyed peas, tofu, soy milk, orange juice and almonds.

Vitamin D: It is essential for optimal health, especially when it comes to bones. Vitamin D and calcium work together for absorption. The best source is from the natural sun exposure for 15-20 minutes per day. If your Vitamin D levels are low in your blood then you may need to supplement.

Recent studies have indicated that these two nutrients alone are not enough to build strong bone. What research is now discovering is that Vitamin K is a necessary nutrient to keep calcium in the bones.

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Vitamin K1is found in green leafy vegetables and is primarily for blood clotting. Vitamin K2 is produced from the good bacteria that live in your gut. It can also be found in grass feed organic animal foods such as dairy, butter, eggs and it is found in fermented foods such as natto (Japanese fermented soybeans), Brie and Gouda cheeses. Vitamin K2 plays a very important role in bone health by working with calcium and Vitamin D to build a strong structure.

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Bone trivia to share with your little ones.

There are 270 bones in the human body at birth.

There are 206 bones in the human body as an adult because some of them fuse together.

The smallest bone in the human body is in the inner ear and is called the stapes.

Bone tissue is constantly regenerating. They are slowly replaced every 7 years.

Babies are born without knee caps (patella). They develop when they start crawling.

Despite their long necks, giraffes have only 7 bones in their necks, just like us.

As always, if you have questions about this article, please feel free to contact me at the Sports & Spinal Wellness Center at 518-869-3415. Stay up to date with upcoming health classes, seminars and workshops by visiting our “Events” page on our website at www.sportsandspinalwellness.com and like us on Facebook at www.facebook.com/sportsandspinalwellness.

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TRASH TALK by Vince Coppola *** Scrapster will be participating in a major local recycling event on Saturday May 10th from 9am – 12pm at Burnt Hills Optical, 793 Route 50 in Burnt Hills 12027.*** It’s a great excuse to visit Saratoga County and make a day of it. Please call for more information or check our website for what we will be accepting that day AT NO COST TO YOU! The list of items is huge and includes Air Conditioners, Dehumidifiers, Computers, Televisions, all types of household appliances, car batteries, scrap metal, wire, and much more. Can’t make it? Call to schedule an appointment for us to come to you!

Spring Cleaning Continues as Summer Approaches!

One of this month’s themes is home safety and Scrapster can help! When you look around your home do you see any of the following?

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Two weeks ago Tom was moved to a wonderful, loving foster home. He is so very happy and has NO interest in going outside! He gets along well w/ his sister and brother cats and doesn't mind the dogs. Tom likes to be held and is very affectionate. He will meet you at the door when you come home and lay with you on the sofa and watch TV.

Thank you to the Build-A-Bear Workshop Bear Hugs Foundation for their generous donation of $1500 to benefit our spay/neuter efforts

Although he has had a very tough, cold, and sometimes hungry life, Tom's spirit is not dampened! He is thrilled to be looking for a forever home. Tom is neutered, tested negative for FIV/Felv and up-to-date on his vaccines. If you would like to know more, contact Laurie at 518-4610251 or brightsky@nycap.rr.

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SAVE THE DATE!: May 17, 2014 10am-2pm - Paws For Appraisal Antique Appraisal and Sweet Treat Bake Sale, at Westmere Fire Department (1741 Western Avenue) ,to benefit Guilderhaven, Inc.’s cat and dog spay/neuter programs. Up to three items allowed. $10 per item or $25 for three items. No firearms, please. For larger items bring photos taken at different angles.

June 7, 2014 - Bake, BBQ, Plant Sale 10am – 2pm at the Altamont Orsini Park located on Main Street in Altamont. We will be selling fresh baked goods, plants, and toys. We will also be holding a BBQ starting at 11:30 am as long as we have good weather. Please contact Sue at 861-686. We are in need of volunteers to help set up or take down for the day.

October 9, 2014 - Annual Guilderhaven’s “Gathering of Friends” Fundraiser Starting 6pm, come join us at Mallozzi’s Banquet and Ballrooms, located at 1930 Curry Road Schenectady, NY. Tickets are $40 and include hors d’oeuvres, wine tasting, dinner, dessert, coffee, tea, silent auction, and a chance to win door prizes! Please contact Sue at (518) 861-6861 for tickets.

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Shaking Out the Cobwebs!

By Beth Rienti Spring is here! It certainly took its sweet time this year, didn’t it? The longer, warmer days are inspiring and filled with all of the activities we’ve been waiting to do over the long, dark winter months. As always, GPL is here with resources to help you pursue your springtime hobbies and expand your mind. For some fresh inspiration, try one of these reads from among our new nonfiction books:

Seedtime: On the History, Husbandry, Politics, and Promise of Seeds Farmer and poet Scott Chaskey combines history, literature, and science into an informative and timely book. Partly a call to action, Chaskey highlights how corporations and manufactures are putting our food security and the future of seed cultivated agriculture at risk.

A Garden of Marvels: How We Discovered that Flowers Have Sex, Leaves Eat Air, and Other Secrets of Plants Combining personal stories, accessible science, and untold botanical history, author Ruth Kassinger takes her readers on an eye-opening wonder-filled adventure through laboratories, farms, and into her own garden—home of a texting tree!

What’s Wrong with My Fruit Garden: 100% Organic Solutions for Berries, Trees, Nuts, Vines, and Tropicals Authors David Deardorff and Kathryn Wadworth are back with a treatment plan for your fruit garden!

Learn how to diagnose and treat (organically) a number of ailments to fruits and nuts in your home garden.

Charming Gardeners This collection of poems by David Biespiel shares observations on life, love, politics, and culture. These poets are addressed to family, friends, poets, and political rivals, all written with a masterful hand in Biespiel’s “own original grand style.”

Beatrix Potter’s Gardening Life This volume explores Beatrix Potter’s love of gardening, and how it influenced her famous children’s books. Spend a year at Hill 32

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Grain Brain: The Surprising Truth about Wheat, Carbs, and Sugar-Your Brain’s Silent Killers Dr. David Perlmutter reveals the hidden dangers in the high-grain, high-sugar modern diet. He also provides a plan to live a healthier, more energetic life-style, protect our brains, and rejuvenate brain cells at any age.

Building an Ageless Mind Scientists predict that by 2025 Alzheimer’s Disease will have increased 245% in developing countries, affecting millions of elderly and their loved ones. In this book, Dr. William J. Tippet shares strategies and techniques to help maintain better brain health, and offers new understanding on how the brain develops and ages over time.

Beatles vs. Stones Follow the careers of two great rock ‘n’ roll bands in this work by John McMillan. This book offers an intimate look at the rivalry and respect between the two bands, as well as their private realities and public personas.

The Longest Date: Life as a Wife Writer Cindy Chupak examines the “comedy and cringe-worthy aspects of marriage” in this new work, based on the trials and triumphs experienced in her second marriage.

The Most of Nora Ephron This celebration of the works of Nora Ephron includes essays on a range of topics including feminism, journalism, food, and aging.

Dear Abigail: The Intimate Lives and Revolutionary Ideas of Abigail Adams and Her Two Remarkable Sisters Acclaimed biographer Diane Jacobs tells the story of Abigail Adams and her two accomplished sisters— Mary Cranch and Elizabeth Shaw Peabody. All three women were educated, outspoken, and ahead of their time in their ideas about education and gender roles for women. This book is an engaging story with fine details about the Colonial and Revolutionary War periods in American history.

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Will Your Mutual Fund Outperform?

Investors are faced with a choice between nearly 7,700 distinct mutual funds (excluding multiple share classes of the same fund), according to data from Morningstar. How can investors be expected to choose wisely from such a large investment universe? As it turns out, the first step may well be to filter out all actively-managed mutual funds.

Standard & Poor’s, a leading financial market benchmarking firm, prepares a semi-annual analysis called the S&P Indices Versus Active Funds Scorecard, or SPIVA Scorecard. The Scorecard seeks to compare the performance of various mutual funds to relevant benchmarks tracked by S&P. The Scorecard is particularly useful for the following reasons: 1. S&P considers all funds available at the beginning of a sample period, and not just those funds which survived through until today, thereby eliminating survivorship bias.

2. The Scorecard compares each mutual fund to a relevant benchmark, as opposed to comparing all funds to a single benchmark such as the S&P 500.

3. S&P provides analysis on an asset-weighted basis, which reflects the fact that an investor is more likely to have access to, say, the PIMCO Total Return Fund ($250 billion in assets) than the Munder Bond Fund ($22 million in assets).

For the period ending 12/31/2013, the SPIVA Scorecard showed that on a 5-year trailing basis, between 61% and 86% of US equity mutual funds were outperformed by a relevant S&P index.

This means that even in the best-performing category of US equity mutual funds (those in the Small-Cap Value space), only 40% of funds outperformed their benchmark. This lends strong evidence to the wisdom of utilizing index funds (rather than actively-managed funds) to assemble a portfolio.

We find two common objections to the advice to avoid actively-managed funds – the first is to only use actively-managed funds in the “less-efficient” asset classes, such as small-company stocks or emerging markets stocks. However, the SPIVA Scorecard confirms that active-manager underperformance is as robust in these asset classes as it is in more common asset classes such as large-cap US stocks. The second objection we hear is that investors should limit their choice of actively-managed funds to those with good track records. Bradford Cornell’s 2008 paper ‘Luck, Skill and Investment Performance’ concluded that “the analysis…provides further support for the view that annual rankings of fund performance provide almost no information regarding management skill”. In other words, buying yesterday’s winner is not a sound strategy in achieving future outperformance.

We urge investors to carefully consider that costs (mutual fund fees, sales charges, advisor fees, etc.) and risk (asset allocation) are the two portfolio characteristics that are within your control, and to devote the bulk of your effort to focusing on this factors. Choosing the best mutual fund manager will likely prove to be an exercise in futility.

Daniel Bauer, CFP® serves as the Chief Investment Officer of AllSquare Wealth Management, LLC. In this capacity, his responsibilities include developing, implementing, and monitoring investment portfolios for customers of the firm.

AllSquare Wealth Management, LLC is an SEC-registered Investment Advisory Firm. Securities offered through a non-affiliated firm, Spire Securities, LLC, member FINRA/SIPC.

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