Mid-Year 2026 Market Update: AI, Seasonality, and Staying Grounded
A semi-annual market review and outlook for Grounded Wealth clients.
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Long-form thinking on investing, tax, estate, and the philosophy of a grounded life. Written for the long game. Reviewed for clarity.
Editor's Note
Most financial content is written to close a sale. Ours is written to open a question.
What we publish here is the same thinking we bring to every client conversation — the frameworks, the trade-offs, the quiet disagreements with the industry's defaults. No hot takes. No market calls. Just the kind of writing we'd want to read before trusting someone with our own family's money.
Nick Tilli, Founder
From the Book
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The patient path.
How the steady investor builds wealth by time, temperament, and the arithmetic of compounding.
The bookThe disciplined sprint.
Concentrated effort, tax-aware execution, and strategies for wealth built through high-income seasons.
The bookThe owner’s leverage.
Wealth through ownership — of businesses, real estate, and the cash flows others pay to access.
The bookThe legacy layer.
The structures and habits that turn a balance sheet into a family practice that lasts generations.
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Long-form thinking on investing, tax, estate, and the philosophy of a grounded life. Written for the long game. Reviewed for clarity.
Essays
Long-form perspectives on building a complete Financial Practice.
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In-depth research and frameworks, available to download.