Andrew B. Shantz joined UBS in 2003. He is a Certified Financial Planner™ and private
wealth advisor and holds securities and insurance licenses. Mr. Shantz focuses on
financial planning, asset and liability management and wealth-transfer and estate
planning. Mr. Shantz and his family live in Fairfield, Connecticut.
Articles Written
View AllHow do I engage the next generation?
We believe that financial advisors should engage their clients in a holistic wealth-management process. This can—and should—include direct interaction with multiple generations. A great question to ask here is, How can a financial-planning process help you transfer your work ethic, diligence and unique set of values to your family’s subsequent generations? One great way we’ve […]
By Andrew B. Shantz
Oct 31, 2017Where am I going? And do I need a map to get there?
With the proliferation of smartphones, the physical road map is all but dead. As a result, for many of you, the idea of planning your road trip and thinking about the path you will ultimately take to get to your destination has become an afterthought. “My app will tell me the fastest way to go,” […]
By Andrew B. Shantz
Sep 12, 2017How do athletes prepare for their unique financial challenges?
For most of us, the financial challenges we encounter in life are spread over the span of years that we work. But what do you do when your career may last only 15 years? How about seven years, or even three? While nonathletes convert their income from work into financial capital over a long horizon, […]
By Andrew B. Shantz
May 30, 2017What should we look for in the next 25 years?
Congratulations to Worth magazine on 25 years of providing thoughtful content to readers interested in financial intelligence. Politics aside, it was interesting to find a picture of Robert Trump listening to the Beach Boys at the Worth launch party 25 years prior to his brother Donald’s ascension to the presidency of the United States of […]
By Andrew B. Shantz
Mar 28, 2017What should I do to prepare for a potentially successful year ahead?
A new year can bring about the best of intentions. Many of us will turn our thoughts to living a healthier lifestyle, spending more time with family and “working smarter” in the year ahead. We may even join a new gym! At this time of year, too, it’s common to think about where you are […]
By Andrew B. Shantz
Dec 7, 2016How do I approach portfolio construction?
Over the last two decades, our team has seen many “portfolios.” We put that in quotes because too often the portfolios that come to us seem to be merely a collection of investments or views. Often it seems to us that there has been no construction, just acquisition or divestiture. Even worse, these buy or […]
By Andrew B. Shantz
Aug 29, 2016How do we define risk?
In the financial context, the true definition of “risk” is the chance that an investment will lose value. But is that really how the financial industry defines risk? We believe much of the industry talks about risk as a matter of volatility and uses the term “standard deviation.”1 Yet, should volatility be an investor’s only […]
By Andrew B. Shantz
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