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Ben Weighs in on Recent Market Volatility
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"The average intra-year decline is around -14%" Source: S&P 500, per research conducted by J.P. Morgan Asset Management.
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Fun Times in March; The Offits Take On the Legendary Back Bowls of Vail, While Ben Connects with UMD Hoops Legends
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Earlier this month, Ben and his wife, Amanda, enjoyed a ski trip with friends in beautiful Vail, Colorado. Pictured here at an elevation of approximately 11,250 feet, they embraced the stunning natural scenery, the thrill of the slopes, and the après-ski relaxation with great company!
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Meanwhile, with March Madness in full swing and Maryland coming off their most thrilling victory in a decade, Ben had a chance encounter with one of his childhood heroes, Juan Dixon, who led Maryland to a National Championship in 2002. He also reconnected with his former high school junior varsity coach, Bino Ranson, who once claimed Ben was the best three-point shooter the school had! Maryland takes on Florida this Thursday at 7:30 PM ET in San Francisco. Let’s go, Maryland! 🐢
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Marinated Shrimp
A Popular Appetizer
INGREDIENTS:
- 5 lbs of medium shrimp – steamed your favorite way
- Sliced onions
- 14 Bay Leaves
- 2 ½ c Vegetable Oil
- 1 ½ c Vinegar
- 1 tsp Salt
- 1 TLB + 2 tsp Celery Seeds
- ¼ c + 1 TBL Capers, drained
- Dash Hot Sauce
DIRECTIONS:
- Place shrimp, onions & bay leaves in large dish.
- Combine remaining ingredients.
- Pour over shrimp, cover and chill for 24-48 hours.
- Remove shrimp, onions & capers w/slotted spoon and serve.
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Ben Offit Recognized as Five-Star Wealth Manager by Baltimore Magazine for Ninth Straight Year
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To receive the 2025 Five Star Wealth Manager award, researched and managed by Five Star Professional, a wealth manager must meet 10 objective eligibility and evaluation criteria associated with wealth managers who provide quality services to their clients. Wealth managers do not pay a fee to be considered or placed on the final list of 2025 Five Star Wealth Managers. The Five Star award is not indicative of the wealth manager's future performance.
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Composition Wealth to Host a Series of Educational Events Throughout 2025
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Looking to learn more about how you can ensure a secure financial future for you and your family? Join us for a series of insightful events throughout the year, designed to educate and empower our audience with the knowledge you'll need to achieve peace of mind that lasts a lifetime.
Check out the presentations below from our first seminar earlier this month, which focused on Medicare and Elder Care.
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Click on the images above to view the presentation.
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Recent estimates show that Bill Gates owns around 270,000 acres of farmland in the United States or roughly 1 out of every 4000 acres of all U.S. farmland.
Aol.com
If you started with $10,000 in 1961 and invested in the S&P 500 only when a Republican was in the White House, your investment would have grown to $102,000 in 2023. If you did the same but with a Democrat in the White House, that investment would have grown to $500,000. But none of that compares with the $5.1 million you would’ve had if you stayed invested the whole time.
Yahoo!Fiance
In 2022, the world’s airline companies mishandled an average of 7.6 pieces of baggage per 1,000 passengers. However, perfection is indeed possible, as seen by Japan’s Kansai Airport, which has not lost a single item of baggage in 30 years since it opened in September 1994.
Newsweek
There are now 550 cities across the US where the typical home costs $1 million or more.
The Hill
In 2023, America’s millionaire population grew by roughly 500,000, or 7.3%, to 7.43 million people. The number of Americans worth $30 million or more grew 7.5% to 90,700 while their fortunes surged to $7.4 trillion.
CNBC
The Rubik’s cube has 26 pieces that can be twisted into 43,252,003,274,856,000 possible positions, and every one of them can be solved in 20 moves or fewer.
Art of Problem Solving
“Man was made at the end of the week’s work when God was tired.”
Mark Twain
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S&P 500 Index is an unmanaged group of securities considered to be representative of the stock market in general. You cannot directly invest in the index.
Dow Jones Industrial Average - The Dow Jones Industrial Average is a popular indicator of the stock market based on the average closing prices of 30 active U.S. stocks representative of the overall economy.
NASDAQ Composite Index measures all NASDAQ domestic and international based common type stocks listed on The NASDAQ Stock Market. Today the NASDAQ Composite includes approximately 5,000 stocks, more than most other stock market indices. Because it is so broad-based, the Composite is one of the most widely followed and quoted major market indices.
Russell 2000® Index measures the performance of the 2,000 smallest companies in the Russell 3000 Index, which represents approximately 8% of the total market capitalization of the Russell 3000 Index which includes the 3,000 largest companies in the U.S., based on market capitalization. As of the latest reconstitution, the average market capitalization was approximately $762.8 million; the median market capitalization was approximately $613.5 million. The largest company in the index had an approximate market capitalization of $2.0 billion and a smallest of 218.4 million.
Russell 1000® Growth Index measures the performance of those Russell 1000 companies with higher price-to-book ratios and higher forecasted growth values.
Russell 1000® Value Index measures the performance of those Russell 1000 companies with lower price-to-book ratios and lower forecasted growth values.
Government bonds are guaranteed by the U. S. Government and, if held to maturity, offer a fixed rate of return and fixed principal value.
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