March 31st, 2026
The first quarter was marked by significant volatility, driven by a number of factors, which we foreshadowed in both January’s Annual Investment Outlook and a recent market update email. These historical and current factors, which, in our opinion, have negatively impacted equity, fixed-income, and real-estate markets for the short term, include the following: 1) Ongoing uncertainty […]
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January 15th, 2026
Colliding economic policies. Positive equity returns in 2025. More to come? “The individual investor should act consistently as an investor and not as a speculator. This means … that he should be able to justify every purchase he makes and each price he pays by impersonal, objective reasoning that satisfies him that he is getting […]
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October 28th, 2025
Robert D. Rosenthal (left), Kevin J. Tracey MD (right) First Long Island Investors, LLC (FLI) has long maintained strong ties to Long Island, reflecting our deep commitment to the surrounding communities and institutions we serve. Through our philanthropic and thought leadership initiatives, FLI actively supports the healthcare community, recognizing the critical role it plays in […]
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October 25th, 2025
“In investing, what is comfortable is rarely profitable.” Robert Arnott Reasonable gains were achieved across all of our strategies in the third quarter despite crosscurrents from tariffs, uncertainty about the number of Federal Reserve interest rate cuts, a weakening labor market, and continued geopolitical strife. Growing corporate earnings, modest increases in inflation, largely caused by […]
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September 10th, 2025
We are proud to share some exciting news—First Long Island Investors, LLC (FLI) has been recognized as a 5-Star RIA Firm for 2025 in the inaugural report published by InvestmentNews, an online news source for wealth-management professionals. Read the full announcement about the 2025 InvestmentNews 5-Star RIA Firms InvestmentNews 5-Star RIA Firms 2025. We are […]
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