Equity Investing
We seek to buy growing, profitable, and well-capitalized businesses at reasonable prices. The habit of relating quality to value is central to the WCA equity investing process.
Asset Allocation
A comprehensive suite of asset allocation portfolios focused on matching investment objectives with risk tolerance. Both passive and active strategies are offered.
Fixed Income
This portfolio seeks to generate a stream of income from a portfolio of 30 investment-grade corporate bonds. The portfolio is constructed as a “ladder” with maturities spanning 10 years.
Recent Commentary
WCA Annual Viewpoint 2026
The past year was marked by sharp swings in market confidence. After a brief period of heightened volatility and tariff-related anxiety, optimism returned quickly, driven by enthusiasm around artificial intelligence, expectations for policy support, and easing financial conditions. Equity markets ultimately reached new highs, reinforcing the role confidence and liquidity now play in shaping market outcomes. These developments have occurred against a backdrop of extraordinary aggregate wealth. Over the past decade, U.S. household net worth has nearly doubled, supporting consumption, investment, and risk-taking. In many respects, last year’s optimism was justified by subsequent economic and market performance. At the same…
Winter Equity Market Commentary Series
In recent years, the stock market has embraced an unabashedly optimistic and downright speculative attitude. While exciting, more recent returns and individual stock valuations are untenable and portend other frailties embedded in this market rally. Specifically, lofty growth expectations, an underappreciation of risk, and a historically low market yield underscore the need for caution. At Washington Crossing Advisors, we invest equity portfolios using a strict Quality discipline; focusing on companies with low debt, profitable assets, and predictable cash flows. We believe that holding an allocation in High Quality stocks can serve as ballast to an overall portfolio, especially when market…
The Most Dangerous Comparison in Investing
If you own a diversified, quality-oriented portfolio, the last year has likely been frustrating. Conservative strategies—including many dividend-focused portfolios—have lagged the S&P 500, even as markets have risen sharply. That gap naturally raises questions. Why has your carefully constructed strategy trailed the S&P 500? And should you reconsider your approach? Before answering, consider what happened the last time investors faced this choice. In March 2000, a newly retired couple sat down with $1 million, a 4% withdrawal plan, and a portfolio full of the market’s biggest winners. Over the previous decade, technology stocks had made them millionaires. The future had…