SEI Enhances Sign-On Security for AccessMyPortfolio.com
Due to increasingly sophisticated attacks upon websites throughout all industries, SEI has proactively made necessary changes to significantly increase security access to protect your data. During the weekend of October 24-25, AccessMyPortfolio.com, the SEI website, will undergo enhanced website authentication. During this time,the website will be unavailable. During your first login on or after October […]
Volatility is Up. What now?
Professional investors know something that most people find impossible to believe: that the threat of scary ups and downs in the markets is by far the best friend of the long-term investor. Why? Because over the long term, stocks have provided returns far higher than bonds or cash. If it weren’t for the occasional dizzying […]
Third Quarter Recap
You could say that the markets took a breather in the third quarter of 2014. The markets experienced a difficult month of September, giving up some of the gains from the prior eight months and causing investors to worry that we’re about to experience more of the same. Nobody seems to have a convincing explanation […]
SEI Corrected June Statements
Dear Clients, We are aware that June SEI statements are incomplete. We contacted the custodian and they identified and isolated the issue. They also identified a code change required that is being deployed this weekend to prevent this from happening in the future. SEI is in the process of reproducing those statements. They will be […]
Where Do We Go From Here?
It’s hard to describe single-digit first half returns as a raging bull market, but it’s also hard to feel too negative about a six month period when U.S. Equities recorded new highs and virtually everything in your portfolio–including bonds–rose in value. Where do we go from here? The long bull market that started in March […]
Weekend SEI Website Enhancements
Dear clients, Effective Monday, June 2, 2014, a new, enhanced SEI investor website will be released. The new website address is www.AccessMyPortfolio.com. Please review the details below from SEI regarding the changes. Here is the schedule for giving you access to this new website: • SEI will provide you with your new User ID, password […]
Treading Water
Treading Water Remember during swimming lessons, one of the tests for completion was to tread water for a set period of time? It was probably only a 2 minute test. However, for both the swimmer and the observer, it was tiring, and it felt like an eternity. Most major U.S. stock markets have been treading […]
Upcoming SEI Mailings – Please Read
Dear Clients, We would like to provide advance notice of two mailings you will be receiving from SEI in the next couple of weeks. SEI is upgrading their back office systems, which affects statement frequency and online account access. This upgrade is an enhancement and will be a positive for our clients in many ways. […]
Earth Day Event Results and Reflections
On Tuesday, April 22, Security First Advisors celebrated Earth Day by holding our 2nd annual shred and electronics recycle event. Thank you to all who attended. Together, we created a very positive impact on the environment — and we hope a lasting one on you with our added element of the guest speakers on personal […]
Heartbleed Bug
On Monday news came out regarding the discovery of a significant and widespread security problem; the HeartbleedOpenSSL Bug. This encryption security hole causes a vulnerability in the OpenSSL cryptographic library, which is used by roughly two-thirds of all websites on the Internet to secure private information as it travels over the web. This email is our effort to […]