The Tasting Room

Championship Financial Advisors welcomes you to The Tasting Room.

The traditional tasting room is an informal gathering place for people who wish to sample a number of wines in the hope of discovering a good vintage or two.

Our version of The Tasting Room offers real-time glimpses into our past thinking on matters that guided real-time decisions related to the accumulation, preservation and protection of wealth.

All of the commentaries on our “wine list” were written and published between 2004-06, prior to the onset of great market turmoil and economic difficulties in many countries. 

Even though we have continued to write and publish extensively since 2006, we think there is great value in focusing on our past insights.  The key to successful wealth management is real-time assessment of risk and real-time preparation for outcomes that bear little relationship to past expectations and performance.

We hope that our older “vintages” allow you to appreciate how we shared our world views immediately prior to a major inflection point in modern economic and financial history.  In the spirit of truthful advising, we practiced what we preached.

Enjoy!

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EARLY 2006 VINTAGES...

    "No More Free Downloads" (Flink & Gregory) 

 LATE 2005 VINTAGES...

    "One Flu Over the Cuckoo's Nest" (Flink & Gregory) 

    "Bon Voyage?" (Flink & Gregory)           "The New Gulf War" (Flink & Gregory)

    "There Is No Calm After the Storms--Estate Tax Repeal"  (Gregory & Flink)

    "The State of the Estate Tax" (Gregory)

    "Family Limited Partnerships Are Alive and Well" (Birdsong & Gregory)

    "Why Estate Planning Is Still Important" (Gregory") 

    "Grantor Retained Annuity Trusts Can Reduce Gift and Estate Taxes" (Gregory)

    "Desperate House Buyers" (Flink)      "Uranium on the Cranium" (Flink)

    "French Roast" (Flink)

EARLY 2005 VINTAGES...

    "Exposed Fannie" (Flink)                "Going Nuclear" (Flink)

    "Reinventing the Wheel" (Flink)        "The Folly of Our Ways" (Flink)  

    "It Don't Mean A Thing If You Ain't Got That Bling" (Flink)

   "The Greater Fuel Theory" (Flink)     "We're Off to See the Wizard" (Flink)

    "Epilogue...January 2005" (Flink)          "Epilogue...April 2005" (Flink)

LATE 2004 VINTAGES...

    "No Credit When Credit Is Due" (Flink)          "The Consumer Fraud Index" (Flink)

   "Brother, Can You Spare the Dollar?" (Flink)          "Abra Cadabra" (Flink)

    "Winds Out of the East" (Flink)        "From Russia With Love" (Flink)

   "Got Silk?" (Flink)      "Please Don't Drink the Water" (Flink)

    "Our National Interest" (Flink)        "Precious Metals Anomaly" (Flink)

    "Risky Business" (Flink)          "Epilogue...July 2004" (Flink)