Muhs Wealth Partners

05/13/2026

Are you investing in a business, or renting a ticker?

The Discipline Dividend explores one of the most powerful, and most overlooked, advantages a long-term investor holds: the ability to simply wait.

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04/28/2026

I mentioned in our last podcast that I'd write a post on this: a complement to the charts that show the markets going up over time despite all the crisis points along the way. Instead of reasons not to buy, here are reasons to keep buying...

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04/24/2026

Finally a new episode of Just Some Musings! In this one, Justin and I discuss how to add balance to our news intake, both for investing success and mental health. Find it all at

Markus Muhs and Justin Lee discuss why managing your news diet matters as much as managing your portfolio, and why long-term optimism is backed by the data.

04/16/2026

A short intro to my latest eNewsletter: This last month presented us with news headlines that really represented the worst and best of humanity. Why we need to proactively seek a balance:

04/09/2026

One of the first things we look at with a new client is whether their portfolio still reflects the life they're actually living.

Often, it doesn't. Not because anything is wrong, but because life tends to move faster than the plan built around it. New roles, new responsibilities, new definitions of what matters.

Our job is to close the gap between the plan on paper and the life being lived.

04/06/2026

I wrote this today while watching the Intrepid start its loop around the moon's orbit, Muhsing about the parallels between financial planning and flying to the moon.

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03/31/2026

Sam Slauenwhite's latest blog post discusses the cost of inaction. Also the benefit of having a financial planner not only to organize and consolidate your financial life but coach you through complex financial decisions.

A Different Kind of Mistake Most people, when they think about financial mistakes, imagine a bad decision. A poorly timed investment, a stock that didn't work out, or a strategy that underperformed. Those mistakes are real, and they deserve attention. But early in my career, I've started to notice a...

03/24/2026

Nothing's changed. This time isn't different. When you invest in stocks the price you pay for a potentially higher rate of return over the long term than low risk investments is the added volatility. 20% declines every so often are normal. 10% declines almost every year are extremely normal.

Meanwhile, the noise networks will have you convinced otherwise; that you need to tune in to their noise. Charlatans everywhere will have you convinced you need to take action and buy whatever nonsense they're selling.

To remind people, I made another biennial update to my First Aid Kit for Volatile Markets:

A practical guide to surviving bear markets: understand volatility, avoid behavioural biases, and stay invested for long-term success—no matter what the headlines say.

03/19/2026

In the third edition of his Early Reflections series, Wealth Associate Sam Slauenwhite observes that information and advice are not the same thing.

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02/26/2026

Estate planning is often misunderstood as something that only matters at the end. In reality, it's about putting decisions in place early: who can make financial and medical decisions, how assets are structured, and how taxes and delays are minimized.

Done properly, estate planning reduces uncertainty, avoids unnecessary complications, and ensures decisions are made intentionally rather than under pressure.