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When Does Being “Safe” Become the Riskiest Move You Can Make? Money can be emotional. I say that a lot, and I mean it every time. An example of where I have felt this clearly is a conversation I had a few years ago. A very smart and thoughtful client, someone I genuinely respect, told…
What B Corp’s Champion’s Retreat Water Panel Taught Us About Footprint and Handprint The B Corp 2026 Champions Retreat, which convened for the first time in Milwaukee along the shores of Lake Michigan, offered the perfect opportunity to explore how individuals and businesses, working in partnership with investors and policymakers, can turn small ripples of…
Q1 2026 Small Cap Macro Update: The Fog of Excursion Thirty Smelters to Four In 1980, the United States operated roughly thirty primary aluminum smelters. Today there are four. The country that once produced nearly a third of the world’s aluminum now accounts for less than two percent of global output. Production peaked at 4.6…
Markets During War: Why 80 Years of Data Say Don’t Sell the Headline (April 13, 2026). When war breaks out, markets don’t just react to the conflict itself — they often react to the fear, the uncertainty, and the “what-ifs” that come with it. That fear is often far more costly to investors than the…
Two structurally different paths to reducing concentration risk while protecting after-tax wealth For investors with concentrated equity portfolios, the desire to diversify often runs headlong into a frustrating reality: embedded capital gains. The larger the unrealized appreciation, the more painful any rebalancing becomes. Moving toward a more strategic allocation isn’t just an investment decision—it’s a…
Measuring Positive Impact in Responsible Investing Riverwater Partners’ Responsible Investing process creates value through its curation of small-cap equity portfolios of companies that have demonstrated superior returns on their responsibly deployed physical, human, and financial capital. Our Due Diligence process seeks to understand both: how a given company’s operations impact people and the planet –…
